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EDITIO MUSICA BUDAPEST
MUSIC PUBLISHER LTD.
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
1926
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1946
1948
1951
1954
1955
1957–1958
1960–1968
1967
1971
1973
1985
1986
1987
1993
1994
Born, of Hungarian parents, on 19 February in Lugos (Lugoj),
Romania.
Takes lessons in piano from Magda Kardos and in composition from
Max Eisikovits, in Temesvár (Timiµoara, Romania).
Moves to Budapest and enrols at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music.
Studies composition with Sándor Veress and Ferenc Farkas, piano with
Pál Kadosa and chamber music with Leó Weiner.
Hungarian citizen.
Graduates in piano and chamber music.
Erkel Prize by the Hungarian state (also in 1956 and in 1969).
Graduates in composition.
One-year stay in Paris. Studies with Marianne Stein and attends courses
of Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen.
Répétiteur of soloists with the Hungarian National Philharmony.
Professor at the Academy of Music, Budapest, first of piano, then of
chamber music.
One-year stay in West-Berlin with the grant of the Deutsche
Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD).
Kossuth Prize by the Hungarian state.
Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French state.
Retires from the Academy of Music, however continues to teach a
limited number of classes until 1993. After 1993 he is frequently invited
by various institutions to give master classes of chamber music.
Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich,
and of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
Prix de Composition Musicale by the Fondation Prince Pierre de
Monaco for Grabstein für Stephan and Op. 27. No 2 [Double Concerto].
Herder Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation, Hamburg.
Premio Feltrinelli by the Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. Invited to stay
at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and as composer in residence of
the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, for two years.
Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Komponisten (Austrian
State Award for European Composers).
Denis de Rougemont Prize by the European Association of Festivals.
1995
1996
1998
1998-1999
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2005
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One-year stay in Vienna as composer in residence and master class
teacher at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
Kossuth Prize for his life work by the Hungarian state.
Honorary member of the Beethoven House Association, Bonn.
Invited by the Société Gaviniés, the Royal Conservatory of the Hague,
the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht, the Concertgebouw NV
Amsterdam, the Nederlandse Opera, the Schönberg Ensemble, the
Asko Ensemble, the Orlando Quartet, the Osiris Trio and Reinbert de
Leeuw to stay for two years in the Netherlands.
“Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen” by the Austrian Republic.
Music Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Stiftung.
European Prize for Composition by the “Fördergemeinschaft der
Europäischen Wirtschaft” and the “Fondation des Prix Européens”.
Invited for the second time by the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, for
another year to teach and to compose.
Invited by the Ensemble InterContemporain, the Conservatoire of
Paris, the Cité de la Musique, and the Festival d’Automne à Paris to
stay for two years in Paris.
“Ordre pour le mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste” (Order of Merit
in Sciences and Arts), Berlin.
John Cage Prize, New York.
Foreign Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and
Letters.
Hölderlin Prize by the City and the University of Tübingen, Germany.
György and Márta Kurtág settle in France.
In April and May the South Bank Centre and the Royal Academy of
Music organizes a three-week Kurtág Festival in London.
On September 18th he receives the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in
Copenhagen; his …concertante… Op. 42 for violin and viola solo and
orchestra is premiered upon the occasion.
…concertante… Op. 42 for violin and viola solo and orchestra will be
awarded the 2006 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for
Music Composition.
LIST OF WORKS
WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
MOVEMENT FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA (1953-1954)
Dedicated to Imre Pataki.
WP: Debrecen, 1955, Imre Pataki - viola, Railway Symphony Orchestra of
Debrecen, conducted by Tamás Blum.
Duration: 12’
Vla sola – 2, 2, 2, 2 – 3, 2, 0, 0 – timp. – archi.
First movement of the Viola Concerto that has been withdrawn.
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ECM RECORDS 465 420 (2000), Kim Kashkashian - viola, Netherlands Radio
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Péter Eötvös.
Score: Z. 3210 (on special order), piano reduction: Z. 2957 (on special order),
performance material on hire.
FOUR CAPRICCIOS OP. 9 (1959–1970, rev. 1993)
to poems by István Bálint, for soprano and ensemble, in Hungarian.
Dedicated to András Mihály.
WP: Budapest, 13 October 1971, Erika Sziklai - soprano, Budapest
Chamber Ensemble, conducted by András Mihály.
Duration: 12’
1. Paris I : Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne
2. Paris II: Tour Saint Jacques
3. Nyelvlecke / Language lesson
4. Ars poetica
Sopr. solo – fl. (anche picc.), ob., cl., fg., cor. – batt. - cimbalom, ar., pf. (anche
cel.) – 2 vn, vla, vc., cb.
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GRABSTEIN FÜR STEPHAN OP. 15C (1978–1979, rev. 1989)
for guitar and groups of instruments dispersed in space.
WP: Szeged, 26 October 1989, Salieri Chamber Orchestra, conducted by
Tamás Pál.
Duration: 6’
Prix de Composition Musicale 1993 of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco
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for Grabstein für Stephan and Op. 27. No. 2 (Double Concerto).
Chit. sola – ob., cl. in si-b, cl. b. – 3 cor., 2 tr., 2 tbn., ta. – timp., pianino (pf.
verticale), arm. (anche cembalo), cel., ar., vib., camp., cimbalom – batt. (ptto gr.,
2 gong, tam-t., gr.c.) – 3 vle, 3 vc., cb. – 3 fischietti (whistles), 3 allarmi1
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Jürgen Ruck guitar, Budapest Festival
Orchestra, conducted by Péter Eötvös.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447 761 (1996), Jürgen Ruck guitar, Berliner
Philharmoniker, conducted by Claudio Abbado.
BMG RICORDI CRMCD 358 162 (1996), Jürgen Ruck guitar, Sinfonica di Milano
della RAI, conducted by Zoltán Peskó.
Score: Z. 13 813 (in preparation), performance material on hire.
GJCKFYBZ
GJRJQYJQ
H. D. NHECJDJQ [POSLANIYA
R. V. TRUSOVOY] / A MEGBOLDOGULT R. V. TRUSZOVA
/MESSAGES DE FEU DAMOISELLE R.V. TROUSSOVA / MESSAGES
OF THE LATE MISS R. V. TROUSSOVA / BOTSCHAFTEN DES VERSTORBENEN FRÄULEIN R. V. TRUSSOWA / OP. 17 (1976–1980)
to twenty–one poems by Rimma Dalos,
for soprano and chamber ensemble. In Russian.
Commissioned by the French State and the Ensemble InterContemporain.
WP: Paris, 14 January 1981, Adrienne Csengery – voice, Ensemble
InterContemporain, conducted by Sylvain Cambreling.
Duration: 27’
POKOYNOY
ÜZENETEI
I. JLBYJXTCNDJ [Odinochestvo] / Magány / Solitude / Loneliness
1. D ghjcnhfycndt gkjoflm/… [V prostranstve ploshchad’u…] /
Hatszor négy méternyi térben… / Dans l’espace… / In a space of…
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Allarmi: football fans’ extremely noisy, gas driven hoops.
WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
2. Ltym egfk… [Den’ upal…] / Egy nap zuhant le… / Le jour tomba…
/ The day has fallen…
THJNBXTCRJT [H’emnogo eroticheskoje] / Egy kis erotika /
Quelque peu érotique / A little erotic
1. :fh [Zhar] / Láz / Fièvre / Heat
2. Ldf cgktntyys[ ntkf… [Dva spetljonnïh tela…] / Összefonódó két
test… / Deux corps entrelacés… / Two interlaced bodies…
3. Gjxtve vyt yt dsp;fnm cdbymtq… [Pochemu mne ne vïzzhat’
svin’ej… / Miért ne visítanék, mint a disznó… / Pourquoi ne pousserai-je
pas… / Why should I not squeal like a pig…
III. UJHRBQ jgsn – ckfljcnm b ujht [GORKIJ OPÏT – SLADOST’ I GORE] /
KESERÛ TAPASZTALÁS – ÖRÖM ÉS BÁNAT / EXPERIENCE AMÈRE –
DOUCEUR ET CHAGRIN / BITTER EXPERIENCE – DELIGHT AND GRIEF
1. Ns dsyek… [Tï vïnul…] / Odavetted… / Tu a posé… / You took my
heart…
2. Dtkbrfz ltkf… [Velikaja dela…] / Nagy nyomorúság… / Quelle
misère… / Great misery…
3. Rfvtorb… [Kameshki] / Kavicsok / Des cailloux / Pebbles
4. Njyrfz bulf… [Tonkaja igla…] / Karcsú tûvel… / La fine aiguille… /
A slender needle…
5. Pyf/, k/,bvjve… [Znaju, ljubimomu…] / Tudom, nem kellek… /
Je sais que mon ami… / I know my loved one…
6. Wdtnjd jctyyb[ edzlfyt… [Tsvetov osennïh uvjadane…] / Ôszi
virágok hervadása… / Fleurs d’automne qui fanent… / Autumn flowers
fading…
7. D nt,t cdjt cgfctybt boe… [V tibe svoje spasennie ishu…] /
Benned a megváltást keresem… / En toi je cherche la salut… / In you I
seek my salvation…
8. Ndjq bcxtpyjdtymz… [Tvoj ischeznoben’ja] / Eltûnéseid… / Tes
disparitions… / Your disappearances…
9. Z ,tp nt,z… [Ja bez tibja..] / Nélküled én… / Sans toi… / Without
you
10. K/,b vtyz… [Ljubi minja] / Szeress… / Aime-moi… / Love me…
11. Hfcgkfnf… [Rasplata] / Elszámolás / Règlement – expiation / Payment
12. Buheirf… [Igrushka] / Játékszer / Jouet / A plaything
13. Pfxtv ns ghjbpytc… [Zachem tï proiznes…] / Oly szörnyû
szavakat… / Pourqioi as-tu prononcé… / Why did you utter…
14. D kbdyt… [V livne…] / Falánk tekintetek… / Sous l’averse… / In the
cloudburst…
15. Pf dc=… [Za svjo…] / Mindenért… / Pour tout… / For everything…
II. YTVYJUF
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Sopr. solo – ob., cl. (in la, si-b, mi-b), cor. – mand., cimbalom, ar., pf., cel.
– batt. (vib., sil., camp. trg., ptto sosp., ptti a 2, 4 gongs, tam-t., metal bl.,
maracas, wood bl., breaking of a glass, glass chimes, tb. picc. c. c., tb. b., gr.c.)
– vn, vla, cb. (soli)
ERATO STU 71543 (1983), licensed to HUNGAROTON SLPX 12776 (1984),
reissued on ERATO CD 4509 98496, licensed to HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD
31576 (1st release: 1994), Adrienne Csengery – voice, Ensemble InterContemporain,
conducted by Pierre Boulez.
SONY SK 53290 (1993), Rosemary Hardy – voice, Ensemble Modern, conducted by
Péter Eötvös.
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31576 (2nd release: 1999), Adrienne Csengery –
voice, Budapest Chamber Ensemble, conducted by András Mihály.
Score: Z. 12 021 (out of print, revised edition in preparation), performance material on
hire.
… QUASI UNA FANTASIA… OP. 27 NO. 1 (1987–1988)
for piano and groups of instruments dispersed in space.
Dedicated to Zoltán Kocsis and Péter Eötvös.
Commissioned by the Berliner Festwochen.
WP: Berlin, 16 October 1988, Zoltán Kocsis - piano, Ensemble Modern,
conducted by Péter Eötvös.
Duration: 10’
III. INTRODUZIONE
III. PRESTO MINACCIOSO E LAMENTOSO (WIE EIN TRAUMESWIRREN)
III. RECITATIVO: GRAVE DISPERATO
IV. ARIA – ADAGIO MOLTO
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for Grabstein für Stephan and Op. 27. No. 2 [Double Concerto].
Pf. solo – timp., 4 bongo, tb. picc. s. c., tb. picc. c. c., tb. b., gr.c. – 3 ptti sosp.,
ptti a 2, 3 gong, tam-t., 2 trg. – Echo-groups: 3 ptti sosp., gong (profondo) –
sonagli (indian bells, bamboo shakers, maracas, bicycle bells, etc.), crot., vib.,
mar., cimbalom, cel., ar., 5 armoniche di bocca – fl. (anche picc. e fl. dolce),
ob., cl. in si-b, cl. b., cfg. – cor., tr., tbn., ta. – 2 vni, vla, vc., cb (soli).
ORF MUSIKPROTOKOLL’91 (1991), Hermann Kretzschmar - piano, Ensemble
Modern, conducted by Hans Zender.
WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
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SONY SK 53290 (1993), Hermann Kretzschmar - piano, Ensemble Modern, conducted
by Péter Eötvös.
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Zoltán Kocsis - piano, Budapest Festival
Orchestra, conducted by Péter Eötvös.
BMG RICORDI CRMCD 358 162 (1996), Andrea Pestalozza - piano, Orchestra
Sinfonica di Milano della RAI, conducted by Zoltán Peskó.
COL LEGNO WWW 8CD 200041 (1998), N.N. - piano, Orchester der
Musikhochschule Stuttgart, conducted by Thomas Ungar.
COL LEGNO 20041 (1999), SWF–Sinfonieorchester Baden–Baden und Freiburg,
conducted by Michael Gielen.
Score: Z. 13 742 (in print), performance material on hire.
OP. 27 NO. 2 [DOUBLE CONCERTO] (1989–1990)
for piano, cello and two chamber ensembles dispersed in space.
Dedicated to Zoltán Kocsis, Miklós Perényi and Péter Eötvös.
Commissioned by the Ensemble InterContemporain, the Ensemble Modern
and the Alter Oper, Frankfurt.
WP: Frankfurt, 8 December 1990, Zoltán Kocsis - piano, Miklós Perényi cello, Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensemble Modern, conducted by Péter
Eötvös.
Duration: 15’
III. POCO ALLEGRETTO
III. L’ISTESSO TEMPO (QUASI PIÙ MOSSO)
III. PRESTO AGITATO
IV. ADAGIO – LARGO
for Grabstein für Stephan and Op 27 No 2 (Double Concerto).
Cello solo – Ensemble A: fl. (anche fl. dolce ten.), fl. in sol, ob. (anche c. ing.),
cl., cl. b., fg., cfg. – cor., ta., tr., tbn. - cimbalom, ar., cel. (anche pianino
[pf.verticale]), vib. (anche mar. e silor.), timp. – 3 bongo, 3 tom-t., 3 gr.c., tb.
b., tb. picc. c. c., tb. picc. s. c., trg. picc., 3 ptti sosp., tam-t., ptti a 2 – vn, vla,
vc., cb. (soli)
Piano solo – Ensemble B: fl. (anche fl. dolce ten.), fl. in sol, ob. (anche C. ingl.),
cl. in si-b, fg., cfg. – cor., ta., tr., tbn. - cimbalom, ar., cel., vib. (anche mar. e
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silor.), timp. – frusta, 3 bongo, 3 tom-t., 3 gr.c., Tb. b., tb. picc. c. c., tb. picc.
s. c., trg.picc., 3 ptti sosp., tam-t. – vn, vla, vc., cb. (soli)
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COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Miklós Perényi - cello, Zoltán Kocsis - piano,
Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Péter Eötvös.
SAMUEL BECKETT: WHAT IS THE WORD [SAMUEL BECKETT
SENDS WORD THROUGH ILDIKÓ MONYÓK IN THE
TRANSLATION BY ISTVÁN SIKLÓS] / SAMUEL BECKETT: MI IS A
SZÓ [SIKLÓS ISTVÁN TOLMÁCSOLÁSÁBAN BECKETT SÁMUEL ÜZENI
MONYÓK ILDIKÓVAL] OP. 30B (1991)
for alto solo, voices and chamber ensembles dispersed in space, in Hungarian
and English.
WP: Vienna, 27 October 1991, Ildikó Monyók - voice, Tomkins Vocal
Ensemble (chorus master: János Dobra), Ensemble Anton Webern, conducted
by Claudio Abbado.
Duration: 14’
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Version for voice and upright piano → Siklós István tolmácsolásában Beckett Sámuel
üzeni Monyók Ildikóval [Samuel Beckett: mi is a szó] Op. 30a → CHAMBER
MUSIC WITH VOICE
The performance rights of the solo voice have been reserved for Ildikó Monyók
until withdrawal.
Alto solo – gruppo vocale: sopr., calto, ten., bar., basso soli – pianino con super–
sordino (upright piano with muffler [practising, moderator] pedal) – fl. (anche fl.
dolce tenore), fl.in sol (anche picc.), fl.basso (anche fl. dolce basso), ob., c. ing., cl.
(anche in mi-b), cl. b., fg., cfg. – 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 tbn., ta. - cimbalom, ar., cel., vib.
(anche mar., sil., ptto sosp. III. e raganella II.) – timp. – batt. I (ptto sosp. I., tb.
b., tb. picc. c. c., tb. picc. s. c., maracas, 3 tom-t., raganella I., cast., gr.c.) batt. II
(ptto sosp. II., ptti a 2, trg.picc., 3 gong, camp., tam-t.) – vn, vla, vc., cb. (soli).
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COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Ildikó Monyók - voice, Tomkins Vocal
Ensemble (chorus master: János Dobra), Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Péter
Eötvös.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 840 (1996), Ildikó Monyók - voice, Arnold
Schönberg Choir (chorus master: Erwin Ortner), Ensemble Anton Webern, conducted
by Claudio Abbado.
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WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
[STELE] OP. 33 (1994)
for large orchestra.
Dedicated to Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker.
WP: Berlin, 14 December 1994, Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by
Claudio Abbado.
Duration: 13’
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III. ADAGIO
III. LAMENTO – DISPERATO, CON MOTO
III. MOLTO SOSTENUTO
6 (IV. anche picc., V. = alto, VI. = basso), 4 (IV. = c. ing.), 6 (IV. anche in
si-b, V. = cl. b., VI. = cl. cb.), fg. (IV. = cfg.) – 4, 2 ta. ten. in si-b (I-II. anche
cor. V-VII.), 2 ta. bassa in Fa (I.-II. anche cor. VI-VIII.), 4 tr., 4 tbn., ta. cb.
– 2 arpe, cimbalom, pf., cel. (anche pf. a 4 mani), pianino (pf. verticale), vib.
(anche silor.), mar. – batt. (min. 4 esec.: trg., 4 ptti. sosp., ptti a 2, tam-t., 2
bongo, 2 tom-t., claves, 2 log drums, 2 gr.c., tb. picc. c. c., tb. basco., frusta,
camp.), timp. – archi: 16, 14, 14 (3 sole), 12 (3 soli), 8 (3 soli).
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DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447 761 (1996), Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted
by Claudio Abbado.
COL LEGNO WWE 3CD 20008 (1997), live at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996,
SWF- Sinfonieorchester Baden–Baden und Freiburg conducted by Michael Gielen.
Score: Z. 14 060, performance material on hire.
MESSAGES FOR ORCHESTRA / ÜZENETEK ZENEKARRA OP. 34
(1991–1996)
for orchestra and mixed choir.
WP: No. I.: Essen, 29 June 1995, WDR Orchestra, conducted by Zoltán
Peskó; No. II.: Vienna, 3 June 1996, ORF Symphonieorchester, conducted
by Péter Eötvös; Nos. V-VI.: Stuttgart, 16 August 1995, Gächinger Kantorei,
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Helmuth Rilling.
Duration: 13’
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III. LEVÉL EÖTVÖS PÉTERNEK / LETTER TO PÉTER EÖTVÖS / BRIEF AN PÉTER
EÖTVÖS (1994)
Fl. in Sol, fl. basso, ob., c.ing., cl., cl. b., cl. cb., 2 fg., cfg. – 3 cor., 3 tr. in Do,
3 tbn. – arpa, batt. (3 ptti sosp.) – archi: vn solo, 8 vni I, 8 vni II., 8 vle, 6 vc.,
6 cb.
III. AUS DER FERNE – HOMMAGE À ALFRED SCHLEE (1991, rev. 1994)
Fl., fl. in Sol, fl. basso, ob., c.ing., cl., cl. b., 2 fg. – 2 cor., 2 tr. in Do,
2 tbn. - cimbalom, ar., cel., pianino [con supersordino], vib. – archi: 8 vle.,
vc., 6 cb.
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III. … A SOLEMN AIR… – HOMMAGE À ALBERT SIMON 70 (1996)
Fl. 1/fl. dolce alto, fl. 2, ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl. b., cfg. – 2 cor., 2 tr. in Do,
3 tbn., ta – ar., pf. e pianino [con supersord.] – batt. (mar., camp., 2 ptti, tam.t.,
gr.c., timp.) – archi: 6 vle, 8 vc., 2 cb.
IV. HELYZETKÉP – NÉHÁNY SZÓ JENEY ZOLTÁNHOZ / PROGRESS REPORT – A
WORD WITH ZOLTÁN JENEY / LAGEBERICHT – EIN WORT AN ZOLTÁN
JENEY (1993)
Fl. basso (ad. lib.), ob., c.ing., cl., cl. b., fg., cfg.. – cor., tr. in Fa, ta – batt. (gr.c.,
ptto sosp., tam-t) – archi: vn solo, 4 vni I, 4 vni II, 4 vni III, 4 vni IV, 4 vle I, 4
vle II, 2 vc. I, 2 vc. II, 2 vc. III, cb. solo, 6 cb.
V. INSCRIPTION ON A GRAVE IN CORNWALL (1995)
VI. VIRÁG AZ EMBER… – KOCSIS ZOLTÁNNAK / FLOWERS WE ARE… – TO
ZOLTÁN KOCSIS / BLUMEN DIE MENSCHEN… – AN ZOLTÁN KOCSIS (1995)
In memoriam Ottó Kocsis
Coro misto – fl. dolce tenore/fl. picc.1, fl. in sol/ fl. picc.2., fl. basso/fl. picc.3.
– 2 cor. - cimbalom, ar., cel., pianino [con supersordino], pf. – batt. (vib.,
camp., cymb. antiques, trg., ptti sosp., tam-t., gr.c., timp.) – archi: 4 vni I,
4 vni II, 4 vle, 3 vc., 3 cb.
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Nos. V. & VI. were commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie,
Stuttgart, and served as Epilog of → Requiem der Versöhnung → JOINT WORKS.
Coro misto – Orchestra: 3 fl. (I. anche fl. picc. 1/fl. dolce alto/fl. dolce
tenore, II= fl. in Sol anche fl. picc. 2, III= fl. basso/anche fl. picc. 3) – 2
ob. (II= cor. ing.) – 4 cl. (III= cl. b., IV= cl. cb.), 3 fg (III= cfg.) – 3
cor, 3 tr. in Do (III. anche in F), 3 tbn., ta - cimbalom, ar., cel., pianino
[con supersordino], pf. – batt. (vib. mar. camp. cymb. Antiques, trg., 3
ptti sosp. tam-t., gr.c., timp.) – archi
WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
NEW MESSAGES FOR ORCHESTRA / ÚJ ÜZENETEK ZENEKARRA
OP. 34A (1998–in progress)
WP: (1): Cologne, 13 November 1998, WDR Orchestra, conducted by
Zoltán Peskó; (2): Budapest, 11 April 1999, Budapest–Hegyvidéki
Kamarazenekar, conducted by Géza Gémesi; (3-6).: Berlin, 24 January 2000,
Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Zoltán Peskó.
Duration: 13’
(1) MESSAGE TO ZOLTÁN PESKÓ (1998)
2 fl. (I. = picc., II. = basso), 2 ob. (II. = c.ing), 4 cl. (I. = si-b, III. = basso, IV.
= cbasso), 2 fg. – 3 cor., 3 tr. , 3 tbn., ta. - cimbalom, ar., pf. – timp., batt.
(xyl., mar., ptto sosp., camp. – archi
(2) MERRAN’S DREAM – CALIBAN DETECTING–REBUILDING MIRRANDA’S DREAM
Version for string orchestra (1998)
(3) MERRAN’S DREAM – CALIBAN DETECTING–REBUILDING MIRRANDA’S DREAM
Version for full orchestra (1999)
4 fl. (II. anche picc., III. = fl. alto in Sol, IV. = fl. basso), 2 ob., 4 cl. (III. =
basso, IV. = contrabasso), 2 fg. – 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 tbn., ta.
– cimbalom, cel., ar., pianino con super–sordino (anche pf.) – timp.,
batt. (2 ptti. sosp., gr.c.) – archi
(4) AUS TIEFER NOT… – UN MESSAGE À MADELEINE SANTCHI (1999)
3 fl. (II. = alto, III. = basso), 2 ob. (II. = c.ing.), 3 cl. (II. = basso, III. = cbasso),
cfg. – 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 tbn., ta. - cimbalom, ar., cel., pf. (anche pianino con
super–sordino) – batt. (mar., tam-t., ptti a 2., crotales – archi
(5) LES ADIEUX – IN JANÁﬂEKS MANIER (1999)
In memoriam Egon von Westerholt
3 fl. (II. = picc & alto in Sol, III. = basso), 3 (III. = c.ing.), 4 cl. (III. = basso,
IV. = cbasso), 2 fg. (II. = cfg.) – 4 cor, 3 tr., 3 tbn., ta. - cimbalom, cel., ar.,
pianino con super–sordino – timp., Batt. (vib., mar., crotales Re-F # -La-Do #),
bongo, ptti, tam-t., tom-t. – archi: 3 vni soli, vla sola, 2 vc. soli, cb. solo –
archi tutti
(6) SCHATTEN / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (2000)
for Elmar Weingarten
cl.contrabasso, cfg. – 4 cor., tbn. basso, ta. – ar. – timp., batt. (frusta) –
archi: 8 cb.
Score: Z. 14 261( in progress), temporary performance material on hire.
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…CONCERTANTE … OP. 42 (2003)
for violin (also dumb violin) solo, viola (also dumb viola) solo and orchestra.
Composed for and dedicated to Hiromi Kikuchi and Ken Hakii.
Commissioned by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
WP: Copenhagen, 18 September 2003, Hiromi Kikuchi - violin, Ken Hakii
- viola, Danish RSO, conducted by Michael Schønwand.
Duration: 26’
University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award 2006 for Music Composition.
✗
✗
Orchestra: 5 (I.=picc, IV.=in sol, V.=basso), 3 (III.=c. ing), 4 (III.=si-b,
IV.=basso), 3 (III:=cfg) – 4, 3, 3, 1 - cimbalom, ar, cel., pianino [pf.verticale]
(anche pf.), vib., mar.bassa, sil. – timp. perc. (5 es.) – archi
The performance rights of the violin and viola solo parts have been reserved for
Hiromi Kikuchi and Ken Hakii until end 2006.
The conducting of the UK and the Italian First Performances have been
reserved for Zoltán Peskó without time limitation.
Score: Z. 14 392, performance material on hire.
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH VOICE
BORNEMISZA PÉTER MONDÁSAI / THE SAYINGS OF PÉTER
BORNEMISZA / DIE SPRÜCHE DES PÉTER BORNEMISZA OP. 7
(1963, rev. 1976)
Concerto for soprano and piano, to words by the 16th century Hungarian
preacher, in Hungarian.
In memoriam Lili Perl.
WP: Darmstadt, 5 September 1968, Erika Sziklay - voice, Lóránt Szûcs piano.
Duration: 39’
II. VALLOMÁS / CONFESSION
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II. BÛN / SIN / SÜNDE
1. A bûn, mint egy sûrû köd…
2. Az elme szabad állat…
3. Az ördög…
4. Restség az ördög vánkosa
5. Sinfonia
III. HALÁL / DEATH / TOD
1. Sinfonia
2. A halál, mint egy tôr
a madarat…
3. Virág az ember
4. Az embernek halála…
IV. TAVASZ / SPRING / FRÜHLING
1. Az hit nem álom…
2. Valamidôn az napot,
holdat…
6. Az ganéjt és undok szart…
7. Sinfonia
8. Mint az sok csík a kádban…
9. Sinfonia
10. Ez igék…
5. …virág az ember…
6. Senki nincs oly tudatlan…
7. Miképpen az szép illatú…
8. Tisztességgel így temetjük…
9. Mint az mezei virágok…
3. (summaia az B. P. mondasinac)
4. Kikeletkor látjuk…
APPENDIX: IV. 1. alio modo
]
HUNGAROTON SLPX 11845 (1977), reissued on HUNGAROTON CLASSIC
HCD 31290 (1990), Erika Sziklay - voice, Lóránt Szûcs - piano.
EGY TÉLI ALKONY EMLÉKÉRE / IN MEMORY OF A WINTER
SUNSET / ERINNERUNG AN EINEN WINTERABEND OP. 8
(1969)
Four fragments to poems by Pál Gulyás,
for soprano, violin and cimbalom, in Hungarian.
Dedicated to Alice Németh.
WP: Debrecen, 18 May 1969, Alice Németh - voice, Judit Hevesi - violin,
Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
Duration: 6’
]
1. Az órák most hozzák alakját…
2. Vártalak
3. Mennyi út van
4. Isten veled!
HUNGAROTON SLPX 11686 (1974), Alice Németh, voice, Márta Fábián,
cimbalom.
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NÉGY DAL PILINSZKY JÁNOS VERSEIRE / FOUR SONGS TO
POEMS BY JÁNOS PILINSZKY / VIER LIEDER AUF GEDICHTE VON
JÁNOS PILINSZKY OP. 11 (1975)
for baritone or bass and chamber ensemble, in Hungarian (English and
German adapted).
WP: Budapest, 1 October 1975, István Gáti - bass, Budapest Chamber
Ensemble, conducted by András Mihály.
Duration: 8’
1. Alkohol
Dedicated to Lajos Bárdos
2. In Memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij
3. Hölderlin
Dedicated to Katalin Szegô
4. Verés
Dedicated to György Kurtág jnr
]
Arrangements of nos 1, 2 & 3 for soprano and piano → Három dal Pilinszky János
verseire Op. 11a
Bar./Basso solo – cl., cor., vn., vla, vc., 2 cimbalom, bass zither
(“Bozay–zither”; ossia vla da gamba, ossia cb.)
HCD 31290 (1990), István Gáti, voice, András Ligeti - violin, Sándor Papp - viola, Pál
Kelemen - cello, Gellért Tihanyi - clarinet, János Keveházi – horn, Márta Fábián - cimbalom, József Szalay - cimbalom, Attila Bozay – zither, conducted by András Mihály.
ESZKÁ EMLÉKZAJ / S. K. REMEMBRANCE NOISE / S. K.
ERINNERUNGSGERÄUSCH OP. 12 (1975)
Seven songs to poems by Dezsô Tandori,
for soprano solo and violin, in Hungarian.
Dedicated to Lajos Bárdos.
WP: Budapest, 28 December 1976, Júlia Pászthy - voice, András Ligeti violin.
Duration: 8’
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1. A damaszkuszi út / Road to Damasacus / Der Weg nach Damaskus
2. Kant – emlékzaj / Kant – Remembrance Noise / Kant –
Erinnerungsgeräusch
3. Két sor a „Tekercs”-b?l (elsô-utolsó) / Two lines from “Tapes” / Zwei
Zeilen aus „Tonband“
4. Kavafisz-haiku / Kavafis – haiku
5. Hogy ki ne jöjjünk a gyakorlatból / So that we never get out of practice /
Um in der Übung zu bleiben
6. A puszta létige szomorúsága / The sadness of the bare copula / Das Traurige
am Verb „sein“
7. Les Adieux
]
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31576 (1st release: 1994, 2nd release with changes:
1999), Adrienne Csengery - voice, András Keller - violin.
Score: Z. 7940
HERDECKER–EURYTHMIE OP. 14 (1979)
for flute, violin, speaking voice and “Tenor-Leier”
Durata: n/a
I. Teil für Flöte und Tenor-Leier
STILLE STÜCKE FÜR OLGA-MARIA OP. 14A
Theo Becker und Gerhard Beilharz gewidmet.
1. Eigensinn
2. Hommage a J.S.B.
3. Blumen die Menschen… (1)
4. Zank und Sanftmut
5. Blumen die Menschen… (2)
APPENDIX: 5/a Blumen die Menschen… (2)
a tre (für Flöte, Violine und Leier)
II. Teil für Violine und Tenor-Leier
KLEINE ERBAULICHE KONZERTE FÜR THEO UND GERHARD OP. 14B
1. Öd und traurig
2. Vivo
3. …aus der Ferne…
III. Teil für Rezitation und Leier
GEDICHTE VON ELLEN LÖSCH / TO POEMS BY ELLEN LÖSCH OP. 14C
In German.
Ursula Steinke gewidmet.
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1. Fall ohne Hall
2. an Martha (ein Bild)
3. Schneefeld weiß und weit
4. In die Schatten meiner Seele
APPENDIX: III. 4. alio modo
No. III has later been set for violin and piano → Tre pezzi per violino e pianoforte
Op. 14e → CHAMBER MUSIC WITHOUT VOICE
Playing scores: Z. 12 533, 12 534, 12 535
HÉT DAL / SEVEN SONGS / SIEBEN LIEDER OP. 22 (1981)
to poems by Amy Károlyi and Ars poetica to a haiku by Kobayashi Issa
in the Hungarian translation of Dezsô Tandori,
for soprano and cimbalom (or piano), in Hungarian.
Dedicated to Adrienne Csengery.
WP: Glasgow, 7 October 1985, Adrienne Csengery – vooice, Márta Fábián
- cimbalom.
Duration: 10’
]
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1. Lassan, lassudan / Slowly, o so slowly / Langsam, langsamer
2. Egyensúly / Balance / Gleichgewicht
3. Hol végzôdik? / Where does sound end…? / Wo endet…?
(Korál / Chorale)
4. Ajtón lakattal… / With lock on the door / Mit dem Schloss an der Tür…
5. Labirintus / Labyrinth
(Perpetuum mobile)
6. Ami megmaradt… [Egy lélek idézése] / What remained… / Was geblieben…
7. Ars poetica
HUNGAROTON SLPX 31120 (1990), reissued on HUNGAROTON
CLASSIC HCD 31576 (1st release: 1994, 2nd release with changes: 1999),
Adrienne Csengery - voice, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
Score: Z. 12 499
CWTYS BP HJVFYF [STSENÏ IZ ROMANA] / JELENETEK EGY
REGÉNYBÔL / SCENES FROM A NOVEL / SZENEN AUS EINEM ROMAN
OP. 19 (1979–1982)
Fifteen songs to poems by Rimma Dalos,
for soprano, violin, double-bass and cimbalom, in Russian.
Dedicated to Adrienne Csengery.
WP: Budapest, 1 October 1983, Adrienne Csengery - soprano, András
Keller - violin, Ferenc Csontos - double-bass, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
Duration: 19’
1. Ghblb [Pridi] / Gyere / Come
2. Jn dcnhtxb lf hfccnfdfybz [Ot vstrechi do rasstavanija] / Találkozástól
válásig / From meeting to parting
3. Vfkm,f [Mol’ba] / Könyörgés / Supplication
Hommage à Kalmár László
4. Gfpdjkm vyt [Pozvol’ mne] / Engedd / Allow me
5. Cxbnfkjxrf [Schitalochka] / Kiszámoló / Counting-out rhyme
Hommage à Mahler
Cjy [Son] / Álom / Dream
Hjylj [Rondo]
Yfujnf [Nagota] / Meztelenség / Nakedness
Dfkc lkz ifhvfyrb [Vals dlja sharmanki] / Verkli-keringô / Hurdygurdy waltz
Hommage à Alfred Schnittke
10. Crfprf [Skazka] / Mese / Tale
11. Cyjdf [Snova] / Újra / Again
12. )tprjytxysq hzl djcrhtctybq [Bezkonechnïj rjad voskresenïj] /
Vasárnapok / Sundays
(Perpetuum mobile)
13. Dbpbn / [Visit] / Látogatás
14. )skm [Bïl’] / Igaz történet / True story
15. Tgbkju [Epilog] / Epilógus / Epilogue
6.
7.
8.
9.
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HCD 31576 (1st release: 1994, 2nd release with changes: 1999), Adrienne Csengery voice, András Keller - violin, Ferenc Csontos – double-bass, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
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]
]
BRIDGE BCD 9048 (1987, live rec.), Jan DeGaetani - voice, [Speculum Musicae:]
James Earl Barnes - cimbalom, Benjamin Hundson - violin,
Donald Palma – double-bass.
SONY SK 53290 (1993), Christine Whittlesey - voice, Mathias Tacke - violin,
Thomas Fichter – doble-bass, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
Playing score: Z. 12 661
HÁROM DAL PILINSZKY JÁNOS VERSEIRE / THREE SONGS TO
POEMS BY JÁNOS PILINSZKY / DREI LIEDER AUF GEDICHTE VON
JÁNOS PILINSZKY OP. 11A (1986)
for baritone or bass and piano.
Dedicated to Zoltán Kocsis
Durata: 6’
1. Alkohol
2. In memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij
3. Hölderlin
Arrangements of nos 1, 2 & 3 of → Négy dal Pilinszky János verseire Op. 11
HÁROM RÉGI FELIRAT / THREE OLD INSCRIPTIONS / DREI
ALTE INSCHRIFTEN OP. 25 (1986–1987)
to a Hungarian folk text, words on a Transylvanian mangle and the epitaph of
a young German girl in a Hungarian village cemetery,
for soprano and piano, in Hungarian and German.
WP: Berlin, 16 October 1988, Adrienne Csengery - soprano, Zoltán Kocsis
- piano.
Duration: 7’
1. Wijrag thudjad / Flower / Blume, Du sollst wissen
János Gugelweit scripsit, 1490
2. Székelymángorló, 1792 / Transylvanian Székely mangle, 1792 / Geschnitzt
Szekler Wäschemangel, 1792
In memoriam Bálint Endre / In memoriam Endre Bálint
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3. Sírkereszt a mecseknádasdi temetôben / On a cross in the Cemetery at
Mecseknádasd / Grablreuz auf dem Friedhof von Mecseknádasd
Epilógus Bakó Ilona Lélekmadár-jához / An epilogue to Ilona Bakó’s Soulbird /
Epilog zum Seelenvogel von Ilona Bakó
]
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Adrienne Csengery - voice, Zoltán Kocsis piano.
Score: Z. 13 378
KAFKA–FRAGMENTE / KAFKA–TÖREDÉKEK /
KAFKA–FRAGMENTS OP. 24 (1985–1987)
to letters and diary entries of Franz Kafka,
for soprano and violin, in German.
Commissioned by the Witten Festival.
Dedicated to Marianne Stein.
WP: Witten, 25 April 1987, Adrienne Csengery - soprano, András Keller violin.
Duration: 56’
I. TEIL / PART / RÉSZ
1. Die Guten gehen im gleichen Schritt… / The good march in step…/
A jók egyszerre lépnek
2. Wie ein Weg im Herbst / Like a pathway in autumn / Akár egy ôszi út
3. Verstecke / Hiding-places / Rejtekek
4. Ruhelos / Restless / Nyugtalanul
5. Berceuse I
6. Nimmermehr / Nevermore / Soha többé
(Excommunicatio)
7. „Wenn er mich immer frägt“ / “But he just won’t stop asking me.” /
„De ha mindig azt kérdi, miért?”
8. Es zupfte mich jemand am Kleid / Someone tugged at my clothes / Valaki
megrángatta a ruhám
9. Die weissnäherinnen / The seamsresses / A fehérnemû-varrónôk
10. Szene am Bashnhof / Scene at the station / Pályaudvar-jelenet
11. Sonntag, den 19. Juli 1910 / Sunday, 19th July 1910 / 1910. július 19.,
vasárnap
(Berceuse II) (Hommage à Jeney)
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12. Meine Ohrmuschel… / My ear… / Fülkagylóm
13. Einmal brach ich mir das Bein / Once I broke my leg / Egyszer eltörtem a
lábam
(Chassidischer Tanz/ Chassidic dance / Khasszida-tánc)
14. Umpanzert / Enarmoured / Páncélban
15. Zwei Spazerstöcke / Two walking-sticks / Két sétapálca
(Authentisch-plagal / Authentic-plagal / Autentikus-plagális)
16. Keine Rückkehr / No going back / Nincs vissza többé
17. Stolz / Pride / Büszkeség
(1910/15. November, zehn Uhr / 15th November 1910, 10 o’clock /
1910. november 15., tíz óra)
18. Träumend hing die Blume / The flower hung dreamily / Álmodva függött
a valóság
(Hommage à Schumann)
19. Nichts dergleichen / Nothing of the kind / Csak ezt ne
III. TEIL / PART / RÉSZ
1. Der wahre Weg / The true path / Az igaz út
(Hommage-message à Pierre Boulez)
III. TEIL / PART / RÉSZ
1. Haben? Sein? / To have? To be? / Valami? Semmi?
2. Der Coitus als Bestrafung / Coitus as punishment / A coitus mint büntetés
Canticulum Mariae Magdalenae
3. Meine Festung / My fortrerss / Az én börtöncellám – az én váram
4. Schmutzig bin ich, Milena… / I am dirty, Milena… / Mocskos vagyok,
Milena…
5. Elendes Leben / Miserable life / Nyomorúságos élet
(Double)
6. Der begrenzte Kreis / The closed circle / A körülhatárolt kör
7. Ziel, Weg, Zögern / Destination, path, hesitation / A cél, út, habozás
8. So fest / As tightly / Oly szilárdan
9. Verstecke / Hiding-places / Rejtekek
(Double)
10. Penetrant Jüdisch / Offensively Jewish / Penetránsan zsidó
11. Staunnend sahen wir deas grosse Pferd / Amazed, we saw the gret horse /
Bámulva láttuk a nagy lovat
12. Szene in de Elektrischen / Scene on a tram / Jelenet a villamoson
IV. TEIL / PART / RÉSZ
1. Zu spät / Too late / Már késô
(22. Otober 1913 / 22nd October 1913 / 1913. október 22.)
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2. Eine lange Geschichte / A long story / Hosszú történet
(In memoeriam Robert Klein)
3. Aus einem alten Notizbuch / From an old notebook / Egy régi
jegyzetfüzetb?l
4. Leoparden / Leopards / Leopárdok
In memoriam Joannis Pilinszky
5. Wiederum, wiederum / Again, again / Újra csak, újra csak
6. Es blendete uns die Mondnacht… / The moonlit night dazzled us /
Vakított minket a holdas éj
]
]
]
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31135 (1992), Adrienne Csengery - voice,
András Keller - violin.
ONDINE ODE 868 (1996), Anu Komsi - voice, Sakari Oramo - violin.
ECM RECORDS (expected release in 2006), Juliane Banse - voice,
András Keller - violin
GJ LHEUE [REQUIEM PO DRUGU] / REKVIEM
A KEDVESÉRT / REQUIEM FOR THE BELOVED / REQUIEM FÜR DEN
GELIEBTEN OP. 26 (1982–1987)
HTRDBTV
To
poems by Rimma Dalos,
for soprano and piano, in Russian.
WP: London, 13 October 1989, Adrienne Csengery - soprano, Zoltán
Kocsis - piano.
Duration: 10’
1. J[, ,j;t vjq, rfr nb[j dlheu [O, bozhe moj, kak tikho vdrug…] /
Oh Lord, how quiet it has grown / O Gott wie plötzlich diese Stille
2. :tcnjrbq hjvfyw [Zhestokij romants] / Cruel Love / Eine grausame
Romanze
3. Vj/ cbke… [maju silu…] / My Strength… / Es war meine Starke
4. Ghjifq vjq ljhjujq… [Proshaj, moj dorogoj…] / Farewell, my Dearest
/ Gott schütze Dich mein Geliebter
Hommage a Hugo Wolf
]
HCD 31576 (1st release: 1994, 2nd release with changes: 1999), no. 4 “Farewell, My
Dearest” – Adrienne Csengery - voice, György Kurtág - piano.
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]
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Adrienne Csengery - voice, Zoltán Kocsis piano.
Score: Z. 13 892 (in preparation).
FRIEDRICH HÖLDERLIN: AN…(EIN FRAGMENT) OP. 29
(1988–1989, 1994)
to a fragment by Friedrich Hölderlin, for tenor and piano, in German.
Commissioned by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne.
WP: Aachen, 6 June 1989, Frieder Lang - voice, Ruth Lang - piano.
Duration: 2’
SIKLÓS ISTVÁN TOLMÁCSOLÁSÁBAN BECKETT SÁMUEL ÜZENI
MONYÓK ILDIKÓVAL [SAMUEL BECKETT: MI IS A SZÓ] /
SAMUEL BECKETT SENDS WORD THROUGH ILDIKÓ MONYÓK IN
THE TRANSLATION OF ISTVÁN SIKLÓS [SAMUEL BECKETT: WHAT IS
THE WORD] OP. 30A (1990)
to Samuel Beckett’s last writing in the Hungarian translation by István Siklós,
for voice and upright piano, in Hungarian.
WP: Sermoneta, 5 June 1993, Ildikó Monyók – voice, Csaba Király - piano.
Duration: 14’
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Version for alto solo, voices and chamber ensembles dispersed in space →
Samuel Beckett: what is the word [Samuel Beckett sends word through Ildikó Monyók in
the translation by István Siklós] Op. 30b → WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
The performance rights of the solo voice have been reserved for Ildikó Monyók
until withdrawal.
Score: Z. 13 989 (limited delivery until expiration of exclusivity)
HÖLDERLIN–GESÄNGE OP. 35 (1993–in progress)
for baritone solo solo (and instruments), in German.
HEFT I / BOOK I 1993–1997)
1. An … (1994)
Hommage à D. E. Sattler
2. Im Walde (1993)
für Georg Kröll
(Version 2-f:) for Baritone, trombone, tuba
3. Gestalt und Geist (1994-1996)
Hommage à Alexander Polzin
4. An Zimmern (1994)
für Reinhart Meyer-Kalkus
5. Der Spaziergang (1995)
für Heinz Holliger
]
6. Paul Celan: Tübingen, Jänner (1997)
Robert Klein in Erinnerung
→ Friedrich Hölderlin: An…(ein Fragment) Op. 29 for tenor and piano is a
different setting of the poem.
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Kurt Widmer, voice.
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Jahrespreis 2003. Le Monde de la Musique,
Choc du mois. Neue Musikzeitung, nmz-tipp ’03. Scherzo,
Los discos excepcionales.
Z. 14 463 (in preparation)
HEFT II / BOOK II (1994–in progress)
(1) Gestalt und Geist (1994-1996)
Hommage à Alexander Polzin, for Bariton and
a) bass flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, double-bass
b) trombone, tuba, cello
c) trombone, tuba
d) clarinet, trombone, tuba, double-bass (or cello)
e) trombone, tuba [Urfassung · original version]
f) [revision of Version c → included in Heft I ]
(2) Hälfte des Lebens (1995)
für György Ligeti, für 3 Bariton Soli.
(3) Hälfte des Lebens (1999)
für Bariton Solo.
Version 1: noch einmal für György Ligeti / once more for György Ligeti
Version 2: und wieder einmal für György Ligeti / and once again for György Ligeti
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(4) und wenig wissen… (1995)
Adrienne Csengery gewidmet.
(5) Zwei Fragmente (1996)
Hommage à Rolf Hans.
1: Süss ist’s…
2: und der Himmel…
(6) Das Angenehme dieser Welt… (1996)
für Vera Ligeti.
(7) Nun versteh’ ich (1996)
Nun versteh’ ich [Double] (2001)
für Roland Moser.
(8) Brief an die Mutter (1996)
Hommage à Friedrich Cerha 70.
(9) Sehnsucht Und Wünschen, Zwei Fragmente (1997)
für Jan van Vlijmen
1: aus Mnemosyne III
2: aus Der Rhein
In preparation.
EINIGE SÄTZE AUS DEN SUDELBÜCHERN GEORG CHRISTOPH
LICHTENBERGS OP. 37A (1999)
Revised version for soprano and double-bass, in German.
Dedicated to Annette and Wolf Lepenies.
WP: Berlin, 12 November 1999, Maria Husmann - voice, Christian Sutter double-bass.
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The original version for soprano solo → Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg
Christoph Lichtenbergs Op. 37 (Z. 14 129) is temporarily discontinued.
Z. 14 242 (in preparation).
…PAS À PAS – NULLE PART… – POÈMES DE SAMUEL BECKETT
OP. 36 (1993–1998)
to poems by Samuel Beckett and maxims by Sébastien Chamfort adopted by
Samuel Beckett, for baritone solo, percussion and string trio, in French and
English.
Commissioned by the Festival d’Automne à Paris and the Edinburgh
International Festival.
WP: Paris, 21 October 1998, Kurt Widmer – baritone, the Hiromi Kikuchi violin, Ken Hakii - viola, Stefan Metz - cello, Mircea Ardeleanu – percussion.
Duration: 35’
1. pas à pas – nulle part
2. le nain
Hommage à Roland Moser.
3. octave
Message à Pierre Boulez.
4. imagine (le tout petit macabre
à Ligeti)
5. nuit
6. écoute-les
à Isabelle Kurtág.
Hommage à Heinz Holliger.
7. d’où…
8. elles viennent…
Hommage à Gösta Neuwirth.
9. rêve
Hommage à Henri Pousseur.
10. apparitions
à Yehuda Elkana.
11. fous…
à Annemarie Brunner.
12. fin fond du néant…
Hommage à Erik Satie
13. en face le pire
14. inventaire
Hommage à Jan van Vlijmen.
15. mouvement
16. La calma
17. Dieppe
à François Sulyok.
18. de pied ferme
19. levons l’ancre…
20. Sébastien Chamfort:
du coeur de l’homme /
how hollow…
21. Sébastien Chamfort: sleep…
an indian proverb
« lasciate ogni speranza »
oblivion sweet oblivion…
a shocking case
A little song for Liz Baker…
26. valse
Hommage à Helmuth Lachenmann
27. Intermezzo: Pizzicato-keringô /
Pizzicato Valse
Ránki Györgynek / Hommage
à Ránki György.
Included in → Signs, Games and Messages
for string trio.
méditation
27
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
…une découvert bouleversante…
asking for salve and solace
Hommage à Merran Joy Poplar.
]
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Kurt Widmer - voice, Hiromi Kikuchi violin, Ken Hakii - viola, Stefan Metz - cello, Mircea Ardelenau – percussion.
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Jahrespreis 2003. Le Monde de la Musique,
Choc du mois. Neue Musikzeitung, nmz-tipp ’03. Scherzo, Los discos excepcionales.
ESTERHÁZY PÉTER: FANCSIKÓ ÉS PINTA OP. 40 (1999)
→ WORKS FOR SOLO VOICE
SONGS TO POEMS BY ANNA AKHMATOVA OP. 41 (1997–in
progress)
for soprano and ensemble, in Russian.
Duration: n/a
III. HEIRBY [PUSHKIN] (1997)
for soprano solo.
Dedicated to Natalia Melnikova.
III. FKTRCFYLHE )KJRE [ALEKSANDRU BLOKU] / TO ALEKSANDR BLOK
(1997)
for soprano solo.
III. GKFX-GHBXBNFYBT [PLACH-PRICHITANIE] (1997)
for soprano and instruments.
Dedicated to Márta Papp.
Ensemble: cimbalom, vn., cb., trg., camp., 3 ptti, 2 gong, tam-t., vibr., mar., ar.,
cel.+ pianino
IV. DJHJYT; [VORONEZH] (in progress)
for soprano and ensemble.
Ensemble: n/a
✗
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The performance rights of the completed parts have been temporarily reserved
by the composer.
Score: Z. 14 212 (in progress).
CHAMBER MUSIC WITHOUT VOICE
SUITE (1950–1951)
for piano four hands.
Duration: 4’
1. VIVACE
2. ANDANTINO
3. TEMPO DI MINUETTO
4. CON FUOCO
]
HUNGAROTON LPX 1188 (1964), Erika Schlagmüller, Gabriella Mollek.
Z. 2210
STRING QUARTET OP. 1 (1959)
Dedicated to Marianne Stein.
WP: Budapest, 24 April 1961, Várkonyi Quartet.
Duration: 14’
III. POCO AGITATO
III. CON MOTO
III. VIVACISSIMO
]
]
]
]
IV. CON SPIRITO
IV. MOLTO OSTINATO
VI. ADAGIO
HCD 32015 (2001), Éder Quartet.
DISQUES MONTAIGNE 789007 (1991), excerpts reissued on DISQUES MONTAIGNE 782077 (1994), Arditti Quartet.
ECM 453 258 (1996), Keller Quartet
EDITION ZEITKLANG “Interpretenportrait“ (9/2001), Kairos Quartet
(Revised edition) study score: Z. 40 128, parts: Z. 4482.
(Score Z. 4170 and parts Z. 4482 are discontinued.)
WIND QUINTET OP. 2 (1959)
Dedicated to Ferenc Sulyok.
WP: Budapest, 17 November 1963, Budapest Wind Quintet.
Duration: 7’
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GYÖRGY KURTÁG
III. LENTO
III. AGITATO
III. VIVO
IV. MOLTO SOSTENUTO
]
IIIV. RUBATO, IMPROVVISANDO
IIVI.GRAVE, MA CON SLANCIO
VII. MESTO
VIII. RUBATO, MOLTO AGITATO
]
]
]
]
]
]
HCD 32015 (2001), Jeunesses Quintet.
STRADIVARIUS STR 33304 (1991), Quintetto Arnold.
BIS CD–662 (1994), Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.
CPO 999 315 (1996), Albert Schweizer Quintet.
JECKLIN JD 723 (2000), Zürcher Bläserquintett.
KOCH-SCHWANN 3-6737 (2000), Aulos Wind Quintet.
BRIDGE 9108a/b (2001, Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album), Tanya
Dusevic – flute, Rudolf Vrbsky – oboe, Michael Rusinek - clarinet, Marc Goldberg bassoon, Sarah Dussing – horn.
Score: Z. 4623. Parts: Z. 4624.
EIGHT DUOS OP. 4 (1961)
for violin and cimbalom.
Dedicated to Judit Hevesi and József Szalay.
WP: Budapest, 22 March 1963, Judit Hevesi - violin, József Szalay cimbalom.
Duration: 5’
1. POCO SOSTENUTO
2. AGITATO, NON ALLEGRO
3. RISOLUTO
4. LENTO
]
5. ALLEGRETTO
6. VIVO
7. ADAGIO
8. VIVO
]
HCD 32015 (2001), Judit Hevesi - violin, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
HCD 32015 (2001), and on HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31290 (1990), excerpts
– Judit Hevesi - violin, József Szalay - cimbalom.
VAND’OEUVRE 9508, reissued on ATEM AT–99995 (1994), André Pons–Valdès violin, Françoise Rivalland - cimbalom.
BMC CD 046 (2001), András Keller - violin, Ildikó Vékony - cimbalom.
Z. 4492
]
]
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IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY ZILCZ (1975)
for two trumpets, two trombones and tuba.
Duration: 4’
in: An Introduction to Ensemble Playing for Brass Instruments; István Máriássy &
Frigyes Varasdy ed., Vol. 2., Z. 12 580
HOMMAGE À MIHÁLY ANDRÁS – 12
MIKROLÚDIUM VONÓSNÉ-
GYESRE / HOMMAGE À ANDRÁS MIHÁLY – 12 MICROLUDES FOR
STRING QUARTET / HOMMAGE À ANDRÁS MIHÁLY – 12
MIKROLUDIEN FÜR STREICHQUARTETT OP. 13
(1977-1978)
Dedicated to the City of Witten.
Commissioned by the Witten Festival.
WP: Witten, 21 April 1978, Éder Quartet.
Duration: 9’
] DISQUES MONTAIGNE 789007 (1991), excerpts reissued on DISQUES MON]
]
]
]
]
TAIGNE 782077 (1994), Arditti Quartet.
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), Keller Quartet.
ONDINE ODE 739-2, Avanti! Quartet.
ECM 453 258 (1996), Keller Quartet.
MUSIQUE FRANÇAIS D’AUJOURD1HUI / RADIO FRANCE / CDMC MFA
216030 (1999), Quatuor Rosamonde.
BRIDGE 9108a/b (2001) “Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album”, Robert
Waters & Catherine Szepes - violins, Jessica Troy - viola, Siegfried Palm - cello.
Playing score: Z. 8716.
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GYÖRGY KURTÁG
A KIS CSÁVA / THE LITTLE PREDICAMENT / [THE LITTLE FIX] /
DIE KLEINE KLEMME OP. 15B (1978)
for piccolo, trombone and guitar.
Dedicated to Botond Kocsis
WP: Budapest, 27 April 1979, Mátyás Antal – piccolo, Erika Bereczki –
trombone, Erzsébet Nagy – guitar.
Duration: 7’
1. Fanfár Muszorgszkij modorában / Fanfare in the manner of Moussorgsky /
Fanfare in Musssorgskis Manier
2. Himnusz Stravinsky modorában / Hymn in the manner of Stravinsky /
Hymne in Stravinskys Manier
3. Scherzo
4. Nachtstück (D gjlgjkmt Atlkhjv Vbfqkjdbxtv [V pamjat’ Fedorom
Mihailovitchem])
]
BRIDGE BCD 9004 (1987), David Starobin – guitar, Susan Palma – piccolo, David
Taylor – trombone.
Playing score: Z. 12 020.
HAT DARAB HARSONÁRA ÉS ZONGORÁRA / SIX PIECES FOR
TROMBONE AND PIANO / SECHS STÜCKE FÜR POSAUNE UND
KLAVIER (1978)
Dedicated to Erika Bereczki.
WP: Amsterdam, 17 January 1997, Erika Bereczki – trombone, Stevan
Kovacs Tickmayer - piano.
Duration: 10’
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1. Fanfár I / Fanfare I
2. Sirató I / Dirge I / Klagegesang I
3. Verés I / Beating I / Schläge I
4. Sirató II / Dirge II / Klagegesang II
5. Fanfár II / Fanfare II
6. Hommage à Paganini (La nouva campanella)
APPENDIX: Verés II / Beating II / Schläge II
TRE PEZZI PER VIOLINO E PIANOFORTE OP. 14E (1979)
Dedicated to Judit Hevesi and István Kerekes.
Duration: 10’
]
1. Öd und traurig
2. Vivo
3. Aus der Ferne
Arrangement for violin and piano of → Herdecker–Eurythmie Op. 14b →
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH VOICE.
]
RP / GMA 991 (1999) (GENTS MUZIKAL ARCHIEF), Márta Ábrahám - violin,
Ildikó Cs. Nagy - piano.
NOTA BENE : VOLUME DREI (EX 642004-2), Eva Steinschaden - violin, Alexander
Vavtar - piano.
Playing score: Z. 14 104.
BAGATELLEK / BAGATELLES / BAGATELLE OP. 14D (1981)
WP: London, 14 June 1982, Michelle Lee – flute, Rafael Gonzales de Lare double-bass, Richard Nunn - piano.
Duration: 10’
1. DÜHÖS KORÁL / FURIOUS CHORALE / ZORNIGER CHORAL
2. HOMMAGE À J. S. B.
3. MINT AZ MEZEI VIRAGOC… (IN MEMORIAM ILONA LIGETI) / LIKE THE
FLOWERS OF THE FIELD… (DIRGE ) / [„LIKE MEADOW FLOWERS, LIKE
SHADOWS, LIKE BUBBLES, LIKE A DREAM ARE WE…”] / WIE DIE BLUMEN DER
WIESE … (NAENIA)
4. VADUL ÉS SZELÍDEN / WILD AND TAME / ZANK UND SANFMUT
5. VIRÁG AZ EMBER… / FLOWERS WE ARE, MERE FLOWERS / BLUMEN DIE
MENSCHEN, NUR BLUMEN
6. A MEGVADULT LENHAJÚ LÁNY / LA FILLE AUX CHEVEUX DE LIN – ENRAGÉE
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GYÖRGY KURTÁG
13 DARAB KÉT CIMBALOMRA A JÁTÉKOKBÓL / 13 PIECES FOR
TWO CYMBALS FROM JÁTÉKOK
AUS JÁTÉKOK (1982)
/ 13 STÜCKE FÜR ZWEI CYMBALS
WP: Budapest, 2 March 1986, Ilona Szeverényi, Tünde Enzsöl - cimbalom.
Duration: 20’
11. VERÉS / BEATING / SCHLÄGE
12. HEMPERGÔS / TUMBLE–BUNNY / HAMPEL–STRAMPEL
13. HARANGVIRÁG / BLUEBELL / GLOCKENBLUME
14. BOGÁNCS / THISTLE / DISTEL
15. ÚTVESZTÔ DÉ (VISSZHANGGAL) / LABYRINTHINE D (WITH ECHO) /
D–LABYRINTH (MIT ECHO)
16. VESZEKEDÉS / QUARRELLING / ZANK
17. LENDÜLETTEL / VIGOGUSLY / SCHWUNGVOLL
18. SARABANDE
19. HOMMAGE À DOMENICO SCARLATTI
10. HOMMAGE À PETROVICS
11. CSEND – HOMMAGE À SZERVÁNSZKY / SILENCE / STILLE
12. NYUSZICSÖKÖNY / SUBBUNNY / HÄSCHEN TROTZIG
13. ÁRNYJÁTÉK – HOMMAGE À SOMLYÓ GYÖRGY / SHADOW–PLAY /
HOMMAGE À GYÖRGY SOMLYÓ / SCHATTENSPIEL
Playing score: Z. 8773
LIGATURA–MESSAGE TO FRANCES-MARIE (THE ANSWERED
UNANSWERED QUESTION) OP. 31B (1989)
for one cello with two bows, two violins and celesta, dispersed in space,
or for two cellos, two violins and celesta, dispersed in space,
or for two organs and celesta (or upright piano), dispersed in space.
Duration: 3’
A version for solo cello with two bows was originally composed for Frances-Marie
Uitti, and has been referred to as The Answered Unanswered Question Op. 31a.
]
]
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), members of the Keller Quartet, Miklós
Perényi, cello, Zoltán Kocsis, celesta.
ECM 453 258 (1996), members of the Keller Quartet, Miklós Perényi, cello, György
Kurtág, celesta.
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OFFICIUM BREVE IN MEMORIAM ANDRÆ SZERVÁNSZKY OP.
28 (1988–1989)
for string quartet.
Dedicated to Wilfried Brenncecke.
Commissioned by the Witten Festival,.
WP: Witten, 22 April 1988, Auryn Quartet.
Duration: 12’
III. LARGO
In memoriam Tibor Turcsányi
III. PIU ANDANTE
In memoriam Zsolt Baranyay
III. SOSTENUTO, QUASI GIUSTO
IV. GRAVE, MOLTO SOSTENUTO
IV. PRESTO
Fantasie über die Harmonien
des Webern-Kanons
VI. MOLTO AGITATO
Canon a 4
VII. SEHR FLIEßEND
Canon a 2 (frei nach op. 31/VI
von Webern)
]
VIII. LENTO
In memoriam Gabriella Garzó
IX. LARGO
IX. SEHR FLIEßEND
Webern: Kanon a 4, Op. 31/VI
XI. SOSTENUTO
In memoriam György Szoltsányi
XII. SOSTENUTO, QUASI GIUSTO
XIII. SOSTENUTO, CON SLANCIO
XIV. DISPERATO, VIVO
XV. LARGHETTO.
Arioso interrotto (di Endre
Szervánszky)
]
DISQUES MONTAIGNE 789007 (1991), excerpts reissued on DISQUES MONTAIGNE 782077 (1994), Arditti Quartet.
ECM 453 258 (1996), Keller Quartet.
HOMMAGE À R. SCH. OP. 15D (1990)
for clarinet (and bass drum), viola and piano.
WP: Budapest, 8 October 1990, Gellért Tihanyi - clarinet, Zoltán Gál viola, Márta Kurtág - piano.
Duration: 9’30
III. MERKWÜRDIGE PIROUETTEN DES KAPELLMEISTERS JOHANNES KREISLER –
Vivo
III. E.: DER BEGRENZTE KREIS… – Molto semplice, piano e legato
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GYÖRGY KURTÁG
III.…UND WIEDER ZUCKT ES SCHMERZLICH F. UM DIE LIPPEN… – Feroce, agitato
IV. FELHÔVALÉK, MÁR SÜT A NAP… (TÖREDÉK-TÖREDÉK) – Calmo, scorrevole
IV. IN DER NACHT – Presto
VI. ABSCHIED (MEISTER RARO ENTDECKT GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT) – Adagio,
poco andante
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
ECM 437 957 (NEW SERIES 1508) (1995), Eduard Brunner - clarinet, Kim
Kashkashian - viola, Robert Levin - piano.
ELIA CD 01 ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts, Masterclasses of Music,
1996, Final Concert), Tuulia Sievänen - clarinet, Olli Kilp - viola, Kristiina Junttu piano.
ASV CD QS 6221 (1997), Robert Plane - clarinet, Philip Dukes - viola, Sophia
Rahman - piano.
ARION 68414 (1998), Michael Tethiec - clarinet, Vladimir Mendelssohn - viola,
Christian Ivaldi - piano.
BMC RECORDS CD 048 (2001), Gellért Tihanyi - clarinet, Márta Kurtág - piano,
Zoltán Gál - viola.
BIS 1379/80 “Viola Space – Japan 10th Anniversary” (2003) Yuji Murai - clarinet,
Nobuko Imai - viola, Mazumi Tanamura - piano
CLASSICO CLASSCD 420 (2002), John Kruse - clarinet, Claus Myrup - viola, Lotte
Toftemark - piano.
Playing score (with help-pages of parts): Z. 13 809
ÁTIRATOK MACHAUT–TÓL J. S. BACHIG / TRANSCRIPTIONS
FROM MACHAUT TO J. S. BACH / ÜBERTRAGUNGEN VON
MACHAUT BIS J. S. BACH (1974–1991)
for piano four hands and six hands, and for two pianos.
Details and further transriptions → APPENDIX 4
]
]
ECM 453 511 (1997), Játékok & Transcriptions (excerpts), Márta Kurtág, György Kurtág
- piano.
PAMAFON PA 0013 (2001), Játékok & Transcriptions (excerpts), Klavierduo Christina
Fabel-Schulte & Benjamin Schütze.
Z. 13 823
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PANASZOS KÉRLELÔ / PLAINTIVE PLEADING / KLAGENDES
ANFLEHEN (1991)
for recorder and piano.
Dedicated to Flóra and Fanni Varga.
Duration: 3’
In: “Házimuzsika gyermekeknek furulyára és zongorára“ / “Child’s Play, Music for
Recorder and Piano“, György Orbán ed, Z. 13 846.
AUS DER FERNE NO. 3 (1991)
for string quartet, for Alfred Schlee’s 90th birthday.
Duration: 3’
] DISQUES MONTAIGNE “Alfred Schlee at 90” (1992), Arditti Quartet.
] ECM 453 258 (1996), Keller Quartet.
Temporarily included in → Signs, Games and Messages
ÉLETÚT / LEBENSLAUF OP. 32 (1992)
for two pianos and two basset horns; the second piano is tuned down by a
quarter tone.
Composed for Sándor Veress’ 85th birthday.
WP: Witten, 26 April 1992, Thomas Bächli, Gertrud Schneider - piano,
Elsbeth Darbellay, Jean-Luc Darbellay - basset horns.
Duration: 7’
37
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
RÜCKBLICK – ALTES UND NEUES FÜR VIER SPIELER,
HOMMAGE À STOCKHAUSEN / LOOKING BACK – OLD AND NEW
FOR
FOUR PLAYERS (1993)
for trumpet, double bass and keyboard instruments.
A composed programme by the composer, of his works
originals & transcriptions).
WP: Berlin, 30 September 1993, Markus Stockhausen - trumpet, Peter
Riegelbauer - double-bass, Majella Stockhausen - piano, Marcus Creed keyboard instruments.
Duration: 77’
© Editio Musica Budapest; sub-published and distributed in the whole world, except
Hungary, by Universal Edition, Vienna
TRE PEZZI PER CLARINETTO E CIMBALOM OP. 38
TRE ALTRI PEZZI PER CLARINETTO E CIMBALOM OP. 38A
(1996)
Dedicated to Michel Portal and Márta Fábián.
WP: Budapest, 1996, Michel Portal - clarinet, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
Duration: 10’
] HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 32015 (2001), Márta Fábián - cimbalom, Csaba
]
Klenyán - clarinet.
SLOVART RECORDS SR-0045 (2001) (“Contemporary Music for Cimbalom”),
Enikô Ginzery - cimbalom, Csaba Klenyán - clarinet.
Z. 14 131
MYRIAM MARBÉ IN MEMORIAM (1999)
for three recorders.
WP: Aldeburgh, 24 June 2000, Louise Bradbury, Lisete da Silva, Amy
Whittlesea – recorder.
Duration: 5’
38
Z. 14 241(temporarily out of distribution).
AUS DER FERNE NO. 5 (1999)
for string quartet.
In memoriam Alfred Schlee.
Dedicated to the Arditti Quartet.
WP: Munich, 24 June 1999, Arditti Quartet.
Duration: 3’30
Included in → Signs, Games and Messages
GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR WINDS / JÁTÉKOK ÉS ÜZENETEK
FÚVÓSHANGSZEREKRE
/ SPIELE UND BOTSCHAFTEN FÜR BLÄSER
(1984-in progress)
Solo and chamber music for wind instruments
In progress (temporary reference catalogue number: Z. 14 243)
SIGNS, GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR STRINGS / JELEK, JÁTÉKOK
ÉS ÜZENETEK VONÓSHANGSZEREKRE / ZEICHEN,
BOTSCHAFTEN FÜR STREICHER (1989-in progress)
SPIELE UND
Solo and chamber music for string instruments.
STRING TRIOS
(1) VIRÁG AZ EMBER – MIJAKÓNAK / FLOWERS WE ARE – FOR MIYAKO /
BLUMEN DIE MENSCHEN – FÜR MIYAKO (2001)
(2) HOMMAGE À J. S. B. (1998, 2000)
(3) LIGATURA Y (1995)
(4) PERPETUUM MOBILE (1995)
(5) VIRÁG ZSIGMONDY DÉNESNEK / A FLOWER FOR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY / EINE
BLUME FÜR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY
… in memoriam Anneliese Nissen–Zsigmondy (1994, rev. 2005)
(6) JELEK VI / SIGNS VI / ZEICHEN VI (1995)
(7) A VERY SLOW WALTZ FOR WALTER LEVIN
(8) HOMMAGE À RÁNKI GYÖRGY · PIZZICATO KERINGÔ / PIZZICATO WALTZER
(1998)
Also included in → …pas à pas – nulle part… – poèmes de Samuel Beckett Op. 36
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GYÖRGY KURTÁG
(9) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / GYÖRGY KROÓ IN MEMORIAM (1997)
(10) … FÉERIE D’AUTOMNE… (1993)
”für Hiromi, Ken und Stefan”
See → APPENDIX 1
]
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Virág az ember – Mijakónak, Hommage à J. S.
B., Ligatura Y, Virág Zsigmondy Dénesnek, Perpetuum mobile, Pizzicato-keringô – Hiromi
Kikuchi - violin, Ken Hakii - viola, Stefan Metz - cello.
Z. 14 223
SIX MOMENTS MUSICAUX OP. 44 (1999-2005)
for string quartet.
Dedicated to György Kurtág jnr.
Composed for the International String Quartet Competition Bordeaux 2005.
WP: n/a
Duration: n/a
40
III. INVOCATIO [UN FRAGMENT]
III. FOOTFALLS
III. CAPRICCIO
IV. IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY SEBÔK
IV. … RAPPEL DES OISEAUX… [ÉTUDE POUR LES HARMONIQUES] – À TABEA
ZIMMERMANN
VI. LES ADIEUX (IN JANÁﬂEKS MANIER)
In progress.
WORKS FOR SOLO VOICE
JÓZSEF ATTILA–TÖREDÉKEK / ATTILA JÓZSEF FRAGMENTS /
ATTILA JÓZSEF–FRAGMENTE OP. 20 (1981)
for soprano solo, in Hungarian.
WP: Budapest, 26 October 1982, Adrienne Csengery - voice.
Duration: 15’
11. Kásásodik a víz, Kialakúl a jég
12. Sokan voltak és körülvettek
13. Hétért – magamat kérdem
14. Az idô futva terem mint bab
15. Költô szerelme szalmaláng
16. Én ámulok
17. Szólj hát, mit tegyek én, hogy
szeress
18. A nyárfák közt ezüst habokkal
19. Vadász szemünkre lányok
térde les
10. Tizenöt éve irok költeményt
11. Oly lágy az este, mint egy
szöllôszem
12. Én ámulok
13. Segítsetek, hogy meg ne öljem
14. Nincs közöm senkihez
15. Lesz lágy hús s mellé ifjú
karalábé
16. Nem! Nem! Kellene kiáltoznom
17. A kerten, hallatlan semmit idézve
18. Irgalom, édesanyám, mama
19. Kásásodik a víz, Kialakúl a jég
20. Ének, hajolj ki ajkamon
]
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31576 (1st release: 1994, 2nd release with changes:
1999), and HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31841 (1997), Adrienne Csengery voice.
Z. 12 304
HÖLDERLIN–GESÄNGE OP. 35
See → WORKS FOR SOLO VOICE
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GYÖRGY KURTÁG
EINIGE SÄTZE AUS DEN SUDELBÜCHERN GEORG CHRISTOPH
LICHTENBERGS OP. 37 (1996)
Version for soprano solo, with a supplement of instrumental versions.
Dedicated to Annette & Wolf Lepenies.
In German.
The preferred version is → Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph
Lichtenbergs Op. 37a for soprano solo and double bass (Z. 14 129) → CHAMBER
MUSIC WITH VOICE
Temporarily discontinued.
ESTERHÁZY PÉTER: FANCSIKÓ ÉS PINTA (TÖREDÉKEK) –
BEVEZETÉS A SZÉPÉNEKLÉS MÛVÉSZETÉBE I / PÉTER
ESTERHÁZY: FANCSIKÓ AND PINTA (FRAGMENTS) – INTRODUCTION
TO THE ART OF BELCANTO I OP. 40 (1999)
for solo voice and piano & celesta (one player), in Hungarian
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS
NYOLC ZONGORADARAB / EIGHT PIANO PIECES / ACHT
KLAVIERSTÜCKE OP. 3 (1960)
Dedicated to István Antal
WP: Darmstadt, 10 July 1960, Andor Losonczy - piano.
Duration: 5’
1. INESORABILE. ANDANTE CON MOTO
2. CALMO
3. SOSTENUTO
4. SCORREVOLE
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5. PRESTISSIMO
6. GRAVE
7. ADAGIO
8. VIVO
POSSIBILE
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS
]
]
HUNGAROTON SLPX 11846 (1977), reissued on HUNGAROTON
CLASSIC HCD 32015 (2001) – Zoltán Kocsis - piano.
HUNGAROTON: CLASSIC HCD 31290 (1990), two versions: István Antal
- piano, Zoltán Kocsis - piano.
JELEK / SIGNS / ZEICHEN OP. 5 (1961, rev. 1992, further revisions
planned)
for viola solo.
Dedicated to János Székács.
WP: Budapest, 22 March 1963, János Székács - viola.
Duration: 5’
Jelek I & II is also included in → Signs, Games and Messages for viola.
Jelek VI has also been set for trio → Signs, Games and Messages for string trio.
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ECM 437 957 (NEW SERIES 1508) (1995), Kim Kashkashian - viola.
MONTAIGNE-AUVIDIS MO 782082 (2000), Garth Knox - viola.
VMS/Zappel Music VMS 149 “FANTASIA – Works for viola solo“ (2004), Vidor Nagy
- viola.
Z. 4643 (edition in progress based on the revised version of 1992)
SZÁLKÁK FOR CIMBALOM / SPLINTERS / SPLITTER Op. 6c
(1973)
WP: Budapest, 12 April 1975, Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
Duration: 7’
1. MOLTO AGITATO
2. SOSTENUTO
3. VIVO
4. MESTO (IN MEMORIAM STEFAN ROMAµCANU)
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HUNGAROTON SLPX 11686 (1974), Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
HUNGAROTON LPX 13878 (1986), reissued on HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD
31290 (1990), No. 1 Molto agitato – Márta Fábián - cimbalom.
BMG RICORDI CRMCD 358 162 (1996), Ildikó Vékony - cimbalom.
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BMC CD 046 (2001), Ildikó Vékony - cimbalom.
SLOVART RECORDS SR-0045 “Contemporary Music for Cimbalom”, Enikô
Ginzery - cimbalom.
Playing score: Z. 7563
SZÁLKÁK FOR PIANO / SPLINTERS / SPLITTER OP. 6D (1978)
Duration: 6’
Based on → Szálkák for cimbalom Op. 6c
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L’EMPREINTE DIGITALE 13211 “Mother Tongue” (2005), Dana Ciocarlie - piano.
Z. 8735
ELÔ-JÁTÉKOK / PRE–GAMES / VOR–SPIELE (1973–1974)
for piano
in: Tarka–Barka [Motley], Marianne Teöke ed., Z. 7769.
PILINSZKY JÁNOS: GÉRARD DE NERVAL / JÁNOS PILINSZKY:
GÉRARD DE NERVAL (1986)
for cello.
Dedicated to Zoltán Kocsis.
Duration: 3’
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HCD 31290 (1990), Miklós Perényi - cello.
CAMPANELLA-MUSICA C 130144 (2002), Ludwig Quandt - cello.
CYBELE 200.201 (1995), Michael Denhoff - cello.
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Stefan Metz - cello.
ARTE NOVA 82876-58142-2 (2004), Beate Altenburg - cello.
RCA/VICTOR-BMG (CD 74921 843 552) “Au commencement Monteverdi”,
Sonia Wieder-Atherton - cello
Included in → Signs, Games and Messages for cello (in preparation).
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JELEK / SIGNS / ZEICHEN OP. 5B (1984–in progress)
for cello.
Incomplete. In progress.
Partly included in → Signs, Games and Messages for cello (in preparation).
3 IN MEMORIAM (1988–1990)
for piano 1, 2 and 3 hands.
WP: Paris, 14 May 1990, Zoltán Kocsis - piano.
Duration: 5’
Included in → Játékok Vol. 5, Z. 14 002.
LIGATURE E VERSETTI (1990)
for organ.
Dedicated to László Dobszay & Janka Szendrei.
WP of a selection: Kuhmo, 18 July 1990, György Kurtág - organ.
(1) Versetto (Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit…)
→ Játékok Vol. VI. No. 5 VERSETTO: DIXIT DOMINUS AD NOE: FINIS
UNIVERSE CARNIS VENIT… (DOBSZAY LÁSZLÓNAK) / (TO LÁSZLÓ DOBSZAY)
/ (FÜR LÁSZLÓ DOBSZAY)
(2) Versetto
(3) Ligatura
(4) Versetto
(5) Versetto
(6) Versetto
(7) Ligatura
(8) Versetto (apokrif organum)
→ Játékok Vol. VI. No. 3 VERSETTO: TEMPTAVIT DEUS ABRAHAM…
(APOKRIF ORGÁNUM) / (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM) / (APOKRYPHES
ORGANUM)
(9) Versetto (Tolle)
(10) Versetto (consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum…)
→ Játékok Vol. VI. No. 4 VERSETTO: CONSURREXIT CAIN ADVERSUS
FRATREM SUUM…
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(11) Vízözön-szirénák (Waiting for Noah)
→ Játékok Vol. VI. No. 6 VÍZÖZÖN–SZIRÉNÁK (NOÉRA VÁRVA) / SIRENS OF
THE DELUGE (WAITING FOR NOAH) / SINTFLUT–SIRENEN (WARTEN AUF
NOAH)
(12) Ligatura
(13) Intonatio (In principio…)
(14) Ligatura (Imminit ergo Dominus soprem in Adam…)
Ligature e Versetti was composed to provide a series of interludes to be inserted
into a special selection of plain chant, which Schola Hungarica, conducted by
László Dobszay and Janka Szendrei, recorded for QUINTANA QUI 903032.
The release, entitled “From Adam to Abraham”, includes György Kurtág’s organ
playing. Only four Versetti (nos. 1, 8, 10, 11) out of the 14 pieces have been
authorized for performance outside the original context. These four pieces have
now been edited and added to → Játékok Vol. 6, as pieces for piano or organ.
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QUINTANA QUI 903032, « From Adam to Abraham ».
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31858 (1999), excerpts from Játékok Vol. 6
including
Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham… (apocryphal organum), Versetto: Consurrexit Cain adversus
fratrem suum…, Sirens of the Deluge (Waiting for Noah), Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: Finis
Universe carnis venit… (to László Dobszay) – Zsigmond Szathmáry, organ.
Z. 14 068
JÁTÉKOK / GAMES / SPIELE (1975–1979)
for piano
Vols 1-3 solo. Vol. 4 four hands and two pianos.
Dedicated to the memory of Magda Kardos.
Pedagogical collaborator: Marianne Teöke.
Vols. 5-8:
NAPLÓJEGYZETEK, SZEMÉLYES ÜZENETEK / DIARY ENTRIES AND PERSONAL
MESSAGES / TAGEBUCHEINTRAGUNGEN, PERSÖNLICHE BOTSCHAFTEN
List of individual titles → APPENDIX 3
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HCD 32015 (2001), Excerpts from Játékok:. Márta Kurtág, György Kurtág - piano.
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HUNGAROTON PR 843 (1982), Excerpts from Játékok: Zoltán Kocsis - piano.
VICTOR PRC-30309 (1984), Excerpts of Játékok: Ronald Cavaye, Valéria Szervánszky
- piano.
ASV CD DCA 860 (1993), excerpts: Péter Frankl - piano.
HUNGAROTON LPX 13878 (1986), reissued on HUNGAROTON CLASSIC
HCD 31290 (1990), excerpts: György Kurtág - piano; Keringô / Waltz: János Pilinszky –
recitation, Zoltán Kocsis & György Kurtág - piano.
VICTOR (Japan) ECD 93002/4 (1993), Vols. 1 to 4 complete: Valéria Szervánszky,
Ronald Cavaye - piano.
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), excerpts: Márta Kurtág, György Kurtág piano.
VZW (1996) excerpts: Jan Michiels - piano.
BMG RICORDI CRMCD 358 162 (1996), excerpts: Márta Kurtág & György Kurtág piano.
ECM 453 511 (1997), Játékok & Transcriptions (excerpts), Márta Kurtág & György Kurtág
- piano.
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31858 (1999), excerpts from Vol. 6:
Apocryphal hymn (version No. 2), For Dóra Antal’s Birthday (version No. 2), Versetto:
Temptavit Deus Abraham… (apocryphal organum), Versetto: Consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem
suum…, Humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen…, Sirens of the Deluge (Waiting for Noah),
Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: Finis Universe carnis venit… (to László Dobszay), Zsigmond
Szathmáry - organ.
CURRENT – NEW MUSIC NOW / SBC – ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL (2000),
Hommage à Pierre Boulez: Rolf Hind - piano.
PAMAFON PA 0013 (2001), Játékok & Transcriptions (excerpts): Klavierduo Christina
Fabel-Schulte & Benjamin Schütze.
BMC CD 046 (2001), Hommage à Ferenc Berényi 70, Un Brin de bruyère à Witold: Ildikó
Vékony - cimbalom.
SLOVART RECORDS SR-0045 “Contemporary Music for Cimbalom” (2001), Un
Brin de bruyère à Witold: Enikô Ginzery - cimbalom.
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 32015 (2001), Un Brin de bruyère à Witold: Márta
Fábián - cimbalom.
ARS HARMONICA AH109 “Jogines Musicales” (2001), 12 New Microludes: Silvia Vidal
- piano.
DYNAMIC 439 “Piano Four Hands/Two Pianos In The XXth Century” (2004)
excerpts: Paola Biondi & Debora Brunialti - piano.
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L’EMPREINTE DIGITALE 13211 “Mother Tongue” (2005), Hommage à Eötvös,
Hommage à Ligeti, Hommage à Bartók: Dana Ciocarlie - piano.
COMPACTS RADIO FRANCE 211773 (n/a), excerpts: Pierre–Laurent Aimard piano.
BMC CD 123 (2006), two selections from the integral recording in progress: Gábor
Csalog et al. - piano, Márta Kurtág & György Kurtág – pianino con sordino [upright
piano with practising pedal].
Vols. 1-4: Z. 8377 – Z. 8378 – Z. 8379 – Z. 8380
Vols. 5-7: Z. 14 002 – Z. 14 068 – Z. 14 069
Vol. 8: in progress.
SIGNS, GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR STRINGS / JELEK,
JÁTÉKOK ÉS ÜZENETEK VONÓSOKRA / ZEICHEN,
BOTSCHAFTEN FÜR STREICHER (1989–in progress)
SPIELE UND
Solo and chamber music for string instruments
VIOLIN SOLOS
(1) HOMMAGE À J. S. B.
(2) PERPETUUM MOBILE (1987, rev. 2000)
for Ágnes Vadas
(3) PANASZOS NÓTA (VIBRATO ELÔTANULMÁNY) / PLAINTIVE TUNE (VIBRATO
STUDY) / KLAGENDES LIED (VIBRATO VORSTUDIE) (1987)
(4) KROMATIKUS FELESELÔS / CHROMATICALLY SAUCY / ZANK–KROMATISCH
(1987, rev. 1991, 1994)
(5) HOMMAGE À JOHN CAGE (ELAKADÓ SZAVAK) / FALTERING WORDS /
STOCKENDE WORTE (1987, rev. 1991)
(6) THE CARENZA JIG (1989, rev. 1991, 1994, 1997)
(7) NÉPDALFÉLE / IN THE STYLE OF A FOLK SONG / IM VOLKSTON (1987, rev.
1994)
(8) DOLOROSO (1992)
Garzulyéknak / for the Garzulys / für die Garzulys
(9) MENSÁROS LÁSZLÓ EMLÉKÉRE / IN MEMORIAM LÁSZLÓ MENSÁROS (1993)
(10) ANZIX KELLERANNÁNAK / POSTCARD TO ANNA KELLER / ANSICHTSKARTE
AN ANNA KELLER (1993, rev. 1993)
(11) IN MEMORIAM BLUM TAMÁS / THOMAS BLUM IN MEMORIAM (1995)
(12) CALMO, SOGNANDO (2001, rev. 2001)
¥tefan Romaµcanu in memoriam
(13) IN NOMINE – ALL’ONGHERESE (DAMJANICH EMLÉKKÔ) (2001)
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(14) … FÜR DEN, DER HEIMLICH LAUSCHET…(2001)
Hommage à Nágel Iván 70 / Hommage à Iván Nágel 70
(15) … FÉERIE D’AUTOMNE… (2004)
Hirominak szeptember 20-ra / for Hiromi, for September 20th / für
Hiromi, für den 20. September
(16) ANTIPHONE FÜR HIROMI / ANTIPHONE FOR HIROMINAK / ANTIPHONE FÜR
HIROMI (2003, 2004)
See → APPENDIX 1
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COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), excerpts, András Keller - violin.
FONTEC FOCD 3486 “Hungarian Violin Music” (2001), excerpts: Thomas Blum in
memoriam, Hommage à J. S. B., Perpetuum mobile, Hommage à John Cage (Elakadó szavak),
The Carenza Jig, In memoriam László Mensáros, Doloroso, Asako Urushihara.
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Népdalféle, Kromatikus feleselôs, The Carenza
Jig, Perpetuum mobile, Hiromi Kikuchi - violin.
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Z. 14 220
SIGNS, GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR STRINGS / JELEK,
JÁTÉKOK ÉS ÜZENETEK VONÓSOKRA / ZEICHEN,
BOTSCHAFTEN FÜR STREICHER (1989–in progress)
SPIELE UND
Solo and chamber music for string instruments.
VIOLA SOLOS
(1) JELEK I / SIGNS I / ZEICHEN I (1961, rev. 1992, 2005)
(2) JELEK II / SIGNS I / ZEICHEN I (1961, rev. 1992, 2005)
Jelek I & Jelek II are based on → Jelek Op. 5 I & Jelek Op. 5 II – Z. 4643.
(3) HOMMAGE À JOHN CAGE (ELAKADÓ SZAVAK) / FALTERING WORDS /
Maybe played on violin, viola or cello.
(4) PERPETUUM MOBILE (1987, rev. 1991)
for Ágnes Vadas
(5) PANASZOS NÓTA / PLAINTIVE TUNE / KLAGENDES LIED (1987, rev. 1991)
(6) KROMATIKUS FELESELÔS / CHROMATICALLY SAUCY / ZANK–KROMATISCH
(1987, rev. 1991, 1994)
(7) VAGDALKOZÓS / BEATING / ZERREN-REISSEN (1987, rev. 1991)
(8) NÉPDALFÉLE / IN THE STYLE OF A FOLK SONG / IM VOLKSTON (1987, rev.
1994, 1998)
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(9) H. J.-NÓTA / J. H. SONG / J. H.-LIED (1987, rev. 1994, 1998)
(10) THE CARENZA JIG (1989, rev. 1991, 1994, 997)
(11) XTNSHT CGKTN=YYS[ NTKF… – GERLÓCZY SÁRI KIÁLLÍTÁSÁRA / NÉGY
ÖSSZEFONÓDÓ TEST / FOUR ENTWINED BODIES – TO THE EXHIBITION BY
SÁRI GERLÓCZY / VIER SICH VERSCHLINGENDE KÖRPER – ZUR
AUSTELLUNG VON SÁRI GERLÓCZY (1991)
(12) IN MEMORIAM ACZÉL GYÖRGY / GYÖRGY ACZÉL IN MEMORIAM (1991, rev.
1994)
(13) IN MEMORIAM BLUM TAMÁS / IN MEMORIAM THOMAS BLUM (1992)
(14) DOLOROSO (1992)
„Garzulyéknak” / “for the Garzulys“ / “für die Garzulys“
(15) SAMUEL BECKETT: LE NAIN (1994)
Hommage à Roland Moser
(16) LEVÉL LIGETI VERÁNAK / LETTER TO VERA LIGETI / BRIEF AN VERA LIGETI
(1993, rev. 1994, 1998)
(17) ZÖLD ERDÔBÔL MAGYAR NÓTA (1994)
a 60 éves Földes Imrének / for Imre Földes at 60 / für Imre Földes zum 60-n
(18) CSENDES SOROK DOBSZAY LÁSZLÓNAK / SILENT LINES TO LÁSZLÓ DOBSZAY
/ STILLE ZEILEN FÜR LÁSZLÓ DOBSZAY (1995)
(19) IN NOMINE – ALL‘ONGHERESE (DAMJANICH EMLÉKKÔ) (2001, rev. 2004)
BLUME FÜR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY (1994)
In Memoriam Anneliese Nissen–Zsigmondy.
(21) … EINE BLUME FÜR TABEA… / … VIRÁG TABEÁNAK… / … A FLOWER FOR
TABEA … (2000)
(22) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / GYÖRGY KROÓ IN MEMORIAM (1997)
See → APPENDIX 1
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), excerpts, András Keller - violin, Zoltán Gál viola.
ECM 437 957 (NEW SERIES 1508) (1995), 9 pieces for viola solo including
Szorongós és Vigasztalós H. J.-nek → APPENDIX 1, Kromatikus feleselôs, In memoriam Aczél
György, Hommage à John Cage, Doloroso, H. J.-nóta, Levél Ligeti Verának, Vagdalkozós, In
memoriam Blum Tamás – Kim Kashkashian, viola.
COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870 (1994), excerpts, András Keller - violin, Zoltán Gál viola.
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Jelek I, Jelek II, Panaszos nóta, In memoriam
Blum Tamás, Ken Hakii - viola
Z. 14 221
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS
GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR WINDS / JÁTÉKOK ÉS ÜZENETEK
FÚVÓSOKRA
/ SPIELE UND BOTSCHAFTEN FÜR BLÄSER
(1984–in progress)
Solo and chamber music for wind instruments.
See → APPENDIX 2
In progress (temporary reference catalogue number: Z. 14 243)
HIPARTITA OP. 43 (2000-2004)
for violin solo
Dedicated to Hiromi Kikuchi
III. * * * 2 [HOMMAGE À LIGETI] (2000)
III. … APRÈS UNE LECTURE DE RIMBAUD… (2001, rev. 2004)
à Anne Longuet-Marx
III. (…HEGYET HÁGÉK, LÔTÖT LÉPÉK…) (2001)
IV. GONDA GYÖRGY EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY GONDA (2001)
IV. … [HERACLIT: THYMO MAKHESTHAI …] (2000,
rev. 2004)
VI. TENERAMENTE (2000, rev. 2004)
VII. … PERPETUUM MOBILE … (1999-2000, rev. 2004)
VIII. HONVÁGY – HOMMAGE À EÖTVÖS PÉTER (2000)
Duration: 20’ ca.
✗ The performance rights of the work have been reserved for Hiromi Kukuchi
until end 2007 or until the first sound recording for release.
Z. 14 459 (Limited delivery within the period of exclusivity).
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CHORUSES
KLÁRISOK / BEADS (1950)
To the poem by Attila József, for mixed choir, in Hungarian.
Dedicated to Márta Kurtág.
WP: Szombathely, 1986, Savaria Vocal Ensemble, conducted by István
Deáky.
Duration: 1’
] HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31290 (1990), Savaria Vocal Ensemble, conducted
by István Deáky.
Z. 13 955
KÓRKÉP ÉS HATTYUDAL (1978, 1981)
To the poem by János Pilinszky,
for mixed choir, in Hungarian.
WP: n/a.
Duration: 1’
OMAGGIO A LUIGI NONO OP. 16 (1979)
Six choruses to poems by Anna Akhmatova and Rimma Dalos,
for mixed choir, in Russian
WP: London, 3 February 1981, BBC Singers, conducted by John Poole.
Duration: 10’
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CHORUSES
NYOLC KÓRUS TANDORI DEZSÔ VERSEIRE / EIGHT
CHORUSES TO POEMS BY DEZSÔ TANDORI / SECHS CHÖRE AUF
GEDICHTE VON DEZSÔ TANDORI OP. 23 (1981–1982, rev. 1984)
for mixed choir, in Hungarian.
WP: London, 1 June 1984, BBC Singers, conducted by John Poole.
Duration: 10’
III. HÁROM KOAN
Dedicated to Ilona Ferenczi.
1. Koan I
2. Koan II
3. Koan III
III. MÁR CSAK AZT A JÖVÔ IDÔT KÍVÁNOM
Dedicated to László Dörnyey.
1. Koan bel canto
2. T. S. Eliot-érme
III. HÁROM ÖNARCKÉP
Dedicated to András Wilheim.
1. H. királyfi, mostohaapja elôtt
2. Már mocsarasodom
3. Önarckép 1965
GTCYB EYSYBZ B GTXFKB [PESNI UNÏNIYA I PECHALI] /
A CSÜGGEDÉS ÉS KESERÛSÉG DALAI / SONGS OF DESPAIR AND
SORROW / LIEDER DER SCHWERMUT UND DER TRAUER OP. 18
(1980–1994)
Six choruses to poems by Mikhail Lermontov, Aleksandr Blok, Sergei Esenin,
Osip Mandelshtam, Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetayeva, for double
mixed choir with instruments, in Russian.
WP: (without no. 4): Holland Festival, Amsterdam, 29 June 1995,
Monteverdi Choir, Schönberg Ensemble, Members of the English Baroque
Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner;
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(1st complete performance:) Edinburgh, 24 August 1996, Edinburgh Festival
Singers, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Jones.
Duration: 25’
III. V. ?. KTHVJYNJD% B CREXYJ B UHECNYJ (1840) / MIKHAIL
LERMONTOV: SO WEARY, SO WRETCHED / M. I. LERMONTOV: ES IST LANGWEILIG, IST TRAURIG
III. F. F. )KJR% YJX, EKBWF, AJYFHM, FGNTRF (1912) / ALEKSANDR BLOK:
NIGHT, AN EMPTY STREET, A LAMP, A DRUG-STORE / A. A. BLOK: NACHT.
GASSE. LATERNE. APOTHEKE.
III. C. F. TCTYBY% DTXTHJV CBYBV (1925) / SERGEI ESENIN: BLUE EVENING
/ S. A. JESSENIN: AM BLAUEN ABEND
IV. J. T. VFYLTKINFV% RELF VYT LTNMCZ D ÚNJV ZYDFHT ? (1937) /
OSIP MANDELSHTAM: WHERE CAN I GO TO IN THIS JANUARY? / O. E.
MANDELSTAMM: WO SOLL ICH HIN IN DIESEM JANUAR?
IV. F. F. F[VFNJDF% HFCGZNBT (1939) / ANNA AKHMATOVA: CRUCIFIXION
/ A. A. ACHMATOWA: KREUZIGUNG
VI. VFHBYF WDTNFTDF% GJHF… (1941) / MARINA TSVETAYEVA: IT’S TIME /
M. ZWETAEWA: ES IST AN DER ZEIT
Coro misto – cor., 2 tr., 2 tbn. – ar., pf., cel., 2 harm., 4 baian – timp., batt.
(min. 2 esec.: gong, mar., camp., ptti sosp., ptti a 2, tam-t., gr.c.) – 2 vn., 2
vle, 2 vc. (tutti soli).
JOINT WORKS
Co-composer: György Kurtág junior
MÉMOIRE DE LAÏKA / LAJKA–EMLÉK (1990)
for tape (based on sampled and synthesized sounds)
Duration: 3’23
WP: Budapest, 1 January 1991; revised version: London, 20 April 2002.
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JOINT WORKS
Co-composers: Luciano Berio, Friedrich Cerha, Marc-André Dalbavie, Paul-Heinz
Dittrich, John Harbison, Marek Kopelent, Arne Nordheim, Krzysztof Penderecki,
Bernard Rands, Wolfgang Rihm, Alfred Schnittke, Judith Weir, Joji Yusaka
REQUIEM DER VERSÖHNUNG / REQUIEM OF RECONCILIATION
(1995)
for soloists, choir and orchestra.
Commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart for the
Europäische Musikfest Stuttgart.
WP: Stuttgart, 16 August 1995, Gächinger Kantorei, The Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Helmuth Rilling.
György Kurtág’s part:
EPILOG / EPILOGUE
1. INSCRIPTION ON A GRAVE IN CORNWALL
2. ITE MISSA EST: VIRÁG AZ EMBER… – KOCSIS ZOLTÁNNAK [OTTÓ KOCSIS IN
MEMORIAM] / FLOWERS WE ARE… – TO ZOLTÁN KOCSIS / BLUMEN DIE
MENSCHEN… – AN ZOLTÁN KOCSIS
Both movements have been included in → Messages for Orchestra op. 34
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HÄNNSLER CLASSICS CD 98931 (1995), Gächinger Kantorei, Cracow Chamber
Choir, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling cond.
Epilog: © Editio Musica Budapest;
Requiem der Versöhnung: distributed by Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, by
agreement.
Co-composer: György Kurtág junior
ZWIEGESPRÄCH (1999-in progress)
for string quartet and live electronics.
Commission of the Conservatory of Basle, with funds by the Maja Sacher
Foundation.
WP:
original version: Basle, 12 November 1999;
1st revised version: Lucerne, 27 August 2000, both by Hansheinz Schneeberger,
Karin Kessler - violin, Patrick Jüdt - viola, Michael Keller - cello, György
Kurtág jnr – electronics;
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2nd revised version: Huddersfield, 29 November 2001;
3rd revised version: London, 3 May 2002, bothz by the Arditti Quartet,
György Kurtág jnr – electronics;
4th revised version: Vienna, 28 May 2002, Keller Quartet, György Kurtág jnr – electronics.
Duration: 20-30’, varying.
In progess.
APPENDIX 1
SIGNS, GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR STRINGS
VIOLIN SOLOS
(1) CSENDES FOLYÓVÍZNEK (1989, rev. 1998)
Hommage à György Geszler
(2) MESTO, LACRIMOSO (1992)
for Tibor Berkovics
(3) ALAN MARKS IN MEMORIAM (1995)
(4) GYÖRGY GESZLER IN MEMORIAM (1998)
… Hommage à Irvine 50 (2003)
✗ The performance rights have been reserved for Irvine Arditti.
In progress.
VIOLA SOLOS
(1) WEIHNACHTSGRUSS AN HEINI / CHRISTMAS GREETING TO HEINRICH
FORSTER (1991, rev. 1995, rev. 1998)
(2) MESTO, LACRIMOSO (1992)
for Tibor Berkovics
(3) MISTERIOSO–ALTERO (1993, rev. 1998)
II. változat / Version No. 2
(4) SZORONGÓS ÉS VIGASZTALÓS H. J.-NEK – LASSÚ VONÓ-GYAKORLAT /
ANGUISHED AND CONSOLED FOR J. H. – SLOW BOW PRACTICE /
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BEKLEMMENDES UND TRÖSTENDES FÜR J. H. – LANGSAME BOGEN–STUDIE
(1994)
]
ECM 437 957 (NEW SERIES 1508) (1995), “9 pieces for viola solo”
including Szorongós és Vigasztalós H. J.-nek… etc. – Kim Kashkashian, viola.
BLUME FÜR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY (1994)
In memoriam Anneliese Nissen–Zsigmondy
(6) ILLÉS ÁRPÁDNÉ EMLÉKÉRE / IN MEMORIAM MRS. ÁRPÁD ILLÉS (1995, 1996,
rev. 1996)
(7) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (1997)
(8) … JUST A LEAF AND THEN LEAVES… (1998)
(9) MARLOW: DR. FAUSTUS [OVIDIUS: AMORES I. 13] (2001)
for János Demény
In progress.
CELLO SOLOS
(1) JELEK I (AGITATO) OP 5B / SIGNS I / ZEICHEN I
(2) JELEK II (GIUSTO, VIVO) OP 5B / SIGNS II / ZEICHEN II
(3) JÁNOS PILINSZKY: GÉRARD DE NERVAL (1986, rev. 2000)
for Zoltán Kocsis
(5) AZ HIT / THE FAITH / DER GLAUBE (1998)
from The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza Op. 7
Version for cello solo for Miklós Perényi.
Version for cello and for upright piano with practising pedal (2001-2002)
In preparation.
CELLO SOLOS
(1) Hommage à John Cage – Elakadó szavak / FALTERING WORDS /
(2) Message–consolation à Christian Sutter (2000)
(alio modo – for Stefan Metz)
(3) In memoriam Aczél György / GYÖRGY ACZÉL IN MEMORIAM (1991, rev. 2000)
for Stefan Metz
]
SOCIÉTÉ GAVIGNIÈS 01 “De hoge lucht” (2000), Az hit…, In memoriam György Kroó,
Stefan Metz, cello.
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]
]
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901735 (2001), Jelek I, II, Schatten, Az hit…, János
Pilinszky: Gérard de Nerval, In memoriam György Aczél, Jean-Guilhen Queyras, cello.
ECM 461 833 (NEW SERIES 1730) (2003), Hommage à John Cage, Schatten, Jelek I, János
Pilinszky: Gérard de Nerval, Stefan Metz, cello.
CAMPANELLA-MUSICA C 130144 (2002), Jelek I, Schatten, In memoriam György Kroó,
Jelek II, Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval, Ludwig Quandt, cello.
ARTE NOVA 82876-58142-2 (2004), Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval, Jelek I, Jelek II,
Az hit…, Schatten, Beate Altenburg, cello.
In progress.
DOUBLE-BASS SOLOS
(1) MESSAGE – CONSOLATION À CHRISTIAN SUTTER (1999)
(2) SCHATTEN – FOR CHRISTIAN SUTTER / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (1999)
In preparation.
DOUBLE-BASS SOLOS
(1) EINE BOTSCHAFT AN VALÉRIE… (2000)
for Valérie Lavicka
In progress.
STRING DUOS
(1) … SUMMAIA A B. P. MONDASAINAC… / SUMMARY OF THE SAYINGS OF P. B.
(1998)
for viola and double-bass.
(2) LIGATURA – HOMMAGE À YEHUDI MENUHIN (1998)
for two violas, or two violins, or violin and/or viola chorus.
] ANGEL 72435-5-7179-2-4 “Compassion – a tribute to Sir Yehudi Menuhin“
(2001), Edna Mitchell, Ulf Hoelscher - violin.
(3) HBVVF LFKJI: K/,JDM YF VTCZW… (HOMMAGE À TRISTAN) (1991)
for viola and violoncello, for Judit Horváth.
(4) GRUSS AN ELISABETH UND KASPAR WEBER (1991, rev. 1994)
for viola and violoncello.
(5) JÓZSEF ATTILA: A KERTEN / ATTILA JÓZSEF: IN THE GARDEN (1991)
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(6) FELHÔ VALÉK, MÁR SÜT A NAP (TÖREDÉK-TÖREDÉK) / I’M A CLOUD, THE
SUN’S SHINING NOW (FRAGMENT OF A FRAGMENT) (1983, 1986, 1991)
(7) GEMITI I SOSPIRI (1978, rev.1986, 1991)
for viola and violoncello
(8) VERSETTO (APOKRIF ORGANUM) / (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM) (1998)
(9) RÁNKI GYÖRGY EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY RÁNKI (1992)
(10) AND NEVER PART… (1986, 1993)
For László Sarlós.
(11) CZÖVEK ERNA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ERNA CZÖVEK (1983, rev.
1992, 1993)
(12) LIGATURA Y (1993, rev. 2003)
for violin and viola.
(13) HANGZATOK EGYMÁS UTÁN / ONE NOTE AFTER ANOTHER
for two violas, “for J. and for H.”.
(14) ROZSNYAI ILONA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ILONA ROZSNYAI (1997,
1998)
for viola or violoncello, and double-bass.
(15) VIRÁG AZ EMBER – MIJAKÓNAK / FLOWERS WE ARE – FOR MIYAKO (2000)
for violin and violoncello, or violin and viola, or two violins.
(16) FANTÁZIA EGY CSÁNGÓ NÉPDALRA / PHANTASY ON A CSÁNGÓ FOLK SONG
(2000)
In memoriam Ferenc Farkas.
(17) FANTÁZIA EGY CSÁNGÓ NÉPDALRA… ALIO MODO (2001)
For Hiromi and Ken.
(18) EINE BLUME FÜR TABEA … (2000)
(19) C’ERANO DUE FIORI… (2001)
“a Francesca Camerana Gentile”
version for two cellos (set for Miklós Perényi and Ferenc Ács).
(Original version: for flute and alto flute.)
(20) SZIGORUAN MAGÁNLEVÉL A 80 ÉVESNEK / A STRICTLY PERSONAL LETTER
TO THE 80 YEARS OLD (2001)
for violin and viola, for András Szôllôsy.
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(21) VIE SILENCIEUSE – FRANZ EMLÉKÉRE / IN MEMORIAM FRANÇOIS SULYOK
(2001)
In preparation.
OTHER STRING SETTINGS (in progress)
(1) AUS DER FERNE NO 3 (ALFRED SCHLEE 90) (1991)
for string quartet
(2) AUS DER FERNE NO 5 (ALFRED SCHLEE IN MEMORIAM) (1999)
for string quartet
Playing score: Z. 14 240 (on special request)
(3) IRKA-FIRKA SZÜLETÉSNAPRA / DOODLES FOR ANDRÁS MIHÁLY’S BIRTHDAY
(1991)
for 2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello and double-bass
(4) … A SZÁZÉVESNEK – HOMMAGE À JEN? TAKÁCS 100 (2002)
for small string orchestra
(5) SINFONIA BREVE PER ARCHI (2004)
for small string orchestra.
for Nándor Tóth and the Piccoli Archi di Nyíregyháza.
In preparation.
APPENDIX 2
GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR WINDS
UNEDITED PIECES (IN PREPARATION / IN PROGRESS)
FLUTE SOLOS
(2) DOLOROSO (1992)
for the Garzulys (Ferenc Garzuly and Mária Geszler)
(3) AUF! SCHWUNG! – JAUCHZET UND FROHLOCKET! (1994)
for “Ádám Szokolay and Éva”
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(4) … APRÈS UNE LECTURE DE RIMBAUD… (2001)
for Anne Longuet-Marx
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AGORA MUSICA 113 (1992) (“Das atmende Klarsein”), Doloroso, Roberto
Fabbriciani – flute.
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31655 (1996), Hommage à J. S. B., Anna Garzuly
– flute.
MUSICAPHON M 55710 (1998), Doloroso, Carine Levine – flute.
HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 31785 (1999), Hommage à J. S. B., Auf! Schwung!,
Doloroso, Gergely Ittzés – flute.
In progress.
OBOE AND COR ANGLAIS SOLOS
(1) EINEN AUGENBLICK LANG… (1997-1998)
Version for oboe & version for Cor anglais
Dedicated to Heinz Holliger
for oboe
(3) HOMMAGE A ELLIOTT CARTER (1998)
Version for oboe & version for Cor anglais
(4) AZ HIT / THE FAITH / DER GLAUBE (1998)
for oboe
(5) … EIN SAPPHO-FRAGMENT… (1999)
for Cor anglais
for Heinz Holliger’s birthday
(6) IN NOMINE – ALL‘ONGHERESE (DAMJANICH EMLÉKK?) (2001)
for Cor anglais
In progress.
CLARINET, BASS CLARINET AND DOUBLE-BASS CLARINET SOLOS
(1) CAPRICCIO (1984, rev. 1993)
for bass clarinet
for Gellért Tihanyi
[temporarily withdrawn]
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(2) HOZZÁM MÁR HÛTLEN LETTEK A SZAVAK…/ THE WORDS HAVE
UNFAITHFULLY DESERTED ME… (1985, rev. 1993)
for bass clarinet
[temporarily withdrawn]
(3) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (19971998, rev. 2000)
for double-bass clarinet (or bass clarinet)
(4) DOLOROSO (1992, 2000)
for bass clarinet
for double-bass clarinet (for bass clarinet)
(6) IN NOMINE – ALL‘ONGHERESE (DAMJANICH EMLÉKKÔ) (2001)
for clarinet or bass clarinet or double bass-clarinet
In progress.
BASSOON & CONTRABASSOON SOLOS (in progress)
]
(1) PILINSZKY JÁNOS: GÉRARD DE NERVAL / JÁNOS PILINSZKY: GÉRARD DE
NERVAL
FOR BASSOON (1986)
Dedicated to Pascal Galois
(2) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (19971998, rev. 2000)
for basson
(3) SCHATTEN / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (2000, 2001)
for contrabassoon
STRADIVARIUS STR 33625 “Dialogues”, János Pilinszky: Gérard de Nerval, Kroó
György in memoriam, Pascal Gallois - bassoon.
In progress.
WIND DUOS
(1) HBVF LFKJI: K/(JDM YF VTCZW… [RIMMA DALOS: LJUBOV NA MESIATS] (HOMMAGE A TRISTAN)
for cor anglais and bass clarinet
(2) ROZSNYAI ILONA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ILONA ROZSNYAI (1998)
(3) VERSETTO (APOKRIF ORGANUM) / VERSETTO (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM)
(1998, rev. 2000)
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(4) … SUMMAIA A B. P. MONDASAINAC … SUMMARY OF THE SAYINGS OF P. B.
(1998)
for oboe and double-bass clarinet
(5) … C’ERANO DUE FIORI… (1998)
a Francesca Camerana Gentile
for flute and bass flute
(6) HOMMAGE À ELLIOTT CARTER (1998, 2000)
for cor anglais and double-bass clarinet
for oboe, double-bass clarinet, upright piano and piano
]
CHANNEL CROSSINGS 18598 “It Takes Two” (2002), Rimma Dalos: Ljubov na
mesiats (Hommage à Tristan), Versetto (apokrif organum), Summary of the Sayings of P. B. –
Bart Schneemann, Cor anglais, Gerrit Boonstra, bass clarinet.
In progress.
WIND (OR BRASS) AND STRING DUOS
(1) HBVVF LFKJI: K/,JDM YF VTCZW… [RIMMA DALOS: LJUBOV NA
MESIATS] (HOMMAGE A TRISTAN)
for viola and bass clarinet
(2) RÁNKI GYÖRGY EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY RÁNKI (1992)
for trumpet and double-bass
(3) VERSETTO (APOKRIF ORGANUM) / VERSETTO (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM)
(1998)
for viola and bass clarinet
(4) ROZSNYAI ILONA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ILONA ROZSNYAI (1998,
2000)
for Cor anglais, double-bass clarinet, upright piano and piano
for double-bass clarinet (bass clarinet) and upright piano
(6) FANFÁR A REKTORNAK! / FANFARE TO THE DEAN (1999)
for two trumpets
for Yehuda Elkana
In progress.
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CONTENTS
WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
5
14
29
41
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS
42
CHORUSES
52
JOINT WORKS
54
APPENDIX 1
56
APPENDIX 2
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